Warrior Dash–Cliff Hanger

The 6th obstacle of Battle Ground Austin is the Cliff Hanger. Rappel down the steep ravine.

What to Expect

I would expect this to be similar to the muddy climb obstacle from the Forney event, but instead of climb up, you will be going down. I would expect a steep muddy slope that you over to rappel, but either by design or previous runs some nice foot holes to assist down the slope. The height of the slope is unclear to me as I can find any videos or images of this obstacle, but I would expect 6-8ft drop.

Warrior Dash – Black Forest

The 9th obstacle of Battle Ground Austin is the Black Forest. Forge your way through uncharted forest.

What to Expect

Trail running, how else should it be put. Expect an uneven running terrain with tree roots, dips, stones, and possible low laying branches from trees.

 

Warrior Dash – Hay Fever

The 3rd obstacle of Battle Ground Austin is Hay Fever. Hustle up and over giant straw hay bales.

What to Expect

During my previous running of the Warrior Dash I had a chance to experience the Hay Fever obstacle. The hay bales are stacked into a pyramid form for you to climb and overcome. See the image below of runners making it over the obstacle.

Warrior Dash – Walk the Plank

The 4th obstacle of Battle Ground Austin is Walk the Plank. “Traverse a gully on wooden planks.”

What to Expect
This was not that hard of an obstacle, but does have it’s challenges and we will cover them here. The planks during the Forney Event were not too long, maybe 10 feet long. But they are narrow and elevated. They will also have a nice coat of mud on them after a few heats run past. From watching videos and seeing pictures of other events the planks could be longer and depending on the course, they could be over land or water.

Warrior Dash – Warrior Wall

The 2nd obstacle in the race is going to be the Warrior Wall. From watching videos of previous events, this wall appears to around 3 ft tall (see pictures below). This might not seem like it would be that hard but lets not take any obstacle for granted. I am sure you don’t want to try and hope the wall and catch a foot and fall and then have someone else land on you. I will go over a few tips for scaling the wall and getting through this obstacle.