Up For The Great Outdoors Quest?

The organisers of The Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show, 2008 have a bit of a challenge for you in the form of the Great Outdoors Quest.

The what? Well, it works like this - and we quote:

'The Great Outdoors Quest will take a selection of the UK's very best adventure racers &endash; dump them at a TOP SECRET location somewhere in the UK and in an attempt to separate the men from the boys and women from the girls the teams will be need to fulfill a number of tasks to discover who is the strongest, fittest and most fearless and who can arrive at the opening of The Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show first. The team first through the doors at the NEC on Friday 14 March will win exclusive, money can't buy prizes.'

How To Enter

If that sounds like you, then the next step is to send in a short video or powerpoint presentation showing why you should be chosen to take part. Activities will include a selection of disciplines from cycling to kayaking to climbing and abseiling with some surprises thrown in too.

Send entries to outdoorsshow@brazenpr.com or Tom Cummings, Brazen PR, Brazen House, 27 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, M4 5AJ or join the facebook group at www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6552051599.  

Teams should feature one man and one woman and at least one member of each team should hold a full UK driving license.  Contestants will be required to be available between the dates of 11 and 14 March.  All equipment needed for the challenge will be provided.

The Show

The show takes place from Friday 14th March to Sunday 16th March 2008 at the NEC, Birmingham, This year's show will be staged in three huge showcasing halls, 375 exhibitors and 25 thrilling new feature areas will squeeze all they have to offer in the 31,000 m2 of space.