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MANDATORY GEAR

Mandatory equipment of the participant may be checked in the starting area before the start of the event. You can download the gear list HERE
Participants missing required equipment, either at the start or during the event, will be disqualified and will not be eligible to receive a HIGHLANDER Pin, Patch, and Certificate.
LYRA FORMAT:
- Head torch / flashlight
- Start water 4L
- Hydration bladder or water bottles with a minimum total volume of 4L
- Food pot & cutlery (for sustainability reasons)
- Warm clothing and footwear suitable for terrain and conditions
- First-aid supplies (bandages, adhesive tape, adhesive bandages, stretch bandages, sterile gauze, antiseptic, repellent, pain relievers, survival blanket, ...)
- Trash bag (provided by organizer)
- Survival blanket
- Mobile phone
ALL OTHER FORMATS:
- Tent
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping mat
- Head torch / flashlight + spare batteries
- Back up torch
- power back (full charge)
- Cookware & cutlery
- Water purification tablets or life straw or filter
- Backpacking stove (Jetboil)
- Minimum 4L of water on start
- Hydration bladder or water bottles with a minimum total volume of 4L
- Warm clothing and footwear suitable for terrain and conditions (including merino LS top & bottoms)
- Compass
- First-aid KIT
- Survival blanket
- Trash bag (provided by organizer)
- Mobile phone
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SHARED EQUIPMENT
Some of the equipment below can be shared in a group of maximum 4 people.
However, the group must cross the Finish Line within a time difference of no more than 30 minutes from the first to the last group member. Participants sharing equipment must inform the organizing staff at Registration - Event week. Staff may check equipment before the event start. Participants missing required equipment, either at the start or during the event, will be disqualified and will not be eligible to receive a HIGHLANDER Pin, Patch, and Certificate.
- Tent
- Portable stove (gas / gasoline / alcohol)
- Compass
- First-aid supplies (bandages, adhesive tape, adhesive bandages, stretch bandages, sterile gauze, antiseptic, repellent, pain relievers)
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ADDITIONAL RULES
SAFETY
For your safety, all participants must have a first aid kit during our events. All first aid kits must include a snake bandage, and you need to know how to use it.
LITTERING
We believe our participants love and cherish nature and all its beauty. We know you wouldn’t litter, so please bring a waste bag for your litter.
Littering on and around trails, checkpoints, and mountain lodges is forbidden. Litterers will be disqualified and banned from applying to any future HIGHLANDER events.
DOGS
Dogs are not allowed in Australian national parks and so cannot be on course.
MINORS
All attending minors must be accompanied by 1 Adult and submit the required forms.