page_title: Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge
section_title: 2010 Route
hierarchical_section_title: Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge / 2010 Route
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of ADAC 2010
context_page_description: The Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge was an annual multi-sports endurance race during which
  co-ed teams of four made their way through a punishing six-day, 400 kilometre route across Abu Dhabi - the largest of the seven emirates which make up the United Arab Emirates. The event was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Sports Council and had a prize purse of US$236,500, with the winning team receiving US$40,000.
  Incorporating a number of disciplines, including trail running, sea kayaking, rope works, mountain biking, desert orienteering and adventure running, the Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge was developed by Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority to showcase the emirate's diverse landscapes, including city scenes, islands, desert, oases and rocky heights.
context_section_description: In addition to an enhanced line-up, the 2010 Challenge boasts a new-look course, with the six-day race beginning and ending in the UAE capital for the first time.
  Following the traditional city-wide triathlon prologue, teams will navigate in a clockwise direction from east to west, beginning in the Oasis City of Al Ain for a confrontation with the rugged outcrops of the emirate’s highest peak, Jebel Hafeet - a complete direction reversal of previous years’ courses.
  From the mountains, the teams will then traverse the vast expanse of the Rub’ al Khali - one of the world's largest expanses of unbroken sand, larger than the Netherlands, France and Belgium combined – for two-days of multi-checkpoint, lung bursting desert trekking. Tactics also come into play during this leg, as teams have to choose whether to attempt all checkpoints, or miss key ones and take the time penalty in lieu of saving energy in the precipitous 200-meter high dunes.
  The endurance race finally ends with a two-day, 128-km sea kayaking section back to the finishing line in Abu Dhabi city.
caption: Map ADAC 2010
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