MISSION Adventure Race
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Versailles State Park
Versailles, IN
6 AM - midnight (18 hour race)
8 AM - Noon (4 hour beginner AR)
The MISSION is Indiana's longest-running annual adventure race, one of the region's most competitive and challenging. DINO has produced the popular MISSION Adventure Race, typically in southeastern Indiana, since 2003.
The MISSION Lite offers beginner adventure racers a chance to see what it's all about. A shorter, 4-hour cutoff; less complex navigation; and reduced gear list allow an introductory taste of AR.
Participants travel by foot, bicycle, and canoe in teams (or in the Solo division), using map and compass to find checkpoints. Each team must stay together the entire race. Along the way, they will encounter various natural and manmade challenges that test physical and mental ability and creativity.
For those up to the challenge, a solo division is offered.
The course is designed to keep most participants going all 18 hours, creating a dramatic finish line setting where family and friends can cheer for their team as they emerge from the darkness.
DISCIPLINES
Navigation (entire event; includes plotting with UTM coordinates at 1:25,000)
Cycling (on and off-road)
Trekking
Paddling
Ropes / Climbing Events (18 hr event only) *Pending*
Special Challenges
START / FINISH / TRANSITION AREA LOCATION
Starve Hollow State Recreation Area
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
EASTERN time zone
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Friday, May 5
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6:00-8:00PM
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Check-In |
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Saturday, May 6 |
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5:00AM |
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Transition Area Opens |
TEAM DIVISIONS
Teams may be three or two persons. The six team divisions are: 2 & 3 person Co-ed, 2 & 3 Female, and 2 & 3 Male. All teammates must remain within 100 feet of each other at all times. The field limit is 50 teams per race length.
SOLO DIVISION
Participants applying for the 18 hour solo division must provide a resume of experience. An adventure race of this distance and difficulty is much safer with team support.
To apply for the Solo Division, send a race resume along with entry form and payment. Race resumes should include recent solo or team adventure races, orienteering meets, etc. Include official results as proof. The key issue is safety; that you are a competent navigator and make good decisions with regard to safety. Solo participants are asked to carry a cell phone with them at all times.
ENTRY FEES (TENTATIVE)
MISSION 18-hour
Includes two meals per entry!
Teams:
- $140 per person (3-person teams)
- $150 per person (2-person teams)
Solo:
- $160 per person
MISSION Lite
Teams:
- $80 per person (3-person teams)
- $85 per person (2-person teams)
Solo:
- $90 per person
* USARA members may deduct $8 from the entry fee in the 18-hour divisions. USARA does not charge the one-day license fee to beginner races, including MISSION Lite!
* Entry closes 5/1/18, or when sold out at 50 teams per division (18hr and 4 hr).
Fees include: Friday night meal, race map(s), event T-shirt, post-race meal, event insurance, professional event management, awards, and a great experience.
LODGING 
Bunk Cabins are FREE and on site at the park's group camp. Campsites in the park are about a mile away. No reservations required.
Nearest motels / hotels: Batesville, Madison, or Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
FOOD
Entry in the event covers a pre-race dinner on Friday night (7:00PM). Post-race recovery meal will be served at the end of each race. During the event, each team or soloist is to be self-sufficient.
DIRECTIONS:
USARA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER:
The MISSION 18-hour race is a USARA National Championship Qualifier. Placing well will qualify your team to race in the USARA National Championships (Date & Location TBA). The top three teams in the 3-person coed and single-gender divisions will be offered qualifying slots, with roll-down if top teams decline or have already qualified. The top finishing co-ed team will receive $400 toward entry in the National Championships! usaranationals.com. usaranationals.com.
RELATED / LOCAL LINKS:
Registration for 2023 opens by January
| MISSION Adventure Race Results | |||
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| DATE | CITY | VENUE | RESULTS |
| May 7, 2022 | Vallonia, IN | Starve Hollow State Recreation Area | Full | Lite |
| May 8, 2021 | St. Croix, IN | Hoosier National Forest | Full | Lite |
| May 11, 2019 | Henryville, IN | Clark State Forest | Full | Lite |
| May 12, 2018 | Brownstown, IN | Jackson Washington State Forest | Full | Lite |
| May 13, 2017 | Columbus, IN | Hoosier National Forest | Full | Lite | Photos |
| May 14, 2016 | Cloverdale, IN | Lieber State Recreation Area | Full | Lite |
| May 9, 2015 | Liberty, IN | Whitewater Memorial State Park | Full | Lite |
| May 10, 2014 | Versailles, IN | Versailles State Park |
Full | Lite |
| May 11, 2013 | Brownstown, IN | Jackson Washington State Forest | Full | Lite |
| May 12, 2012 | North Vernon, IN | Muscatatuck County Park | Full | Lite |
| May 7, 2011 | Nashville, IN | Lutheran Hills Camp | Full | Lite | Photos |
| May 15, 2010 | Salem, IN | Delaney Creek Park | Full | Lite | Photos |
| May 16, 2009 | Carrollton, KY | General Butler State Park | Full | Lite |
| May 10, 2008 | Versailles, IN | Versailles State Park | Full | Lite |
| May 12, 2007 | Versailles, IN | Versailles State Park | Full | Lite |
| May 27, 2006 | Butlerville, IN | Brush Creek Park | Results |
| May 28, 2005 | North Vernon, IN | Muscatatuck County Park | Results |
| May 22, 2004 | North Vernon, IN | Muscatatuck County Park | Results |
| July 12, 2003 | North Vernon, IN | Muscatatuck County Park | Results |
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