{"id":576,"date":"2019-07-19T07:48:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T05:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/?p=576"},"modified":"2020-09-20T15:36:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T13:36:28","slug":"mountain-hog-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/mountain-hog-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Hog Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year, apart from the scavenger hunt, there will be a serious challenge happening <strong>at the Gallery<\/strong>&#8211; the first annual Mountain Hog Challenge! The Blackfeather Orc clan will be overseeing proceedings. There will be an adult and a children&#8217;s challenge on offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hogsback.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mountian-dog-challenge.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Hog Challenge at the Gallery\" class=\"wp-image-577\" width=\"352\" height=\"497\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Friday, from 10h00 to 14h00, participants can have a practice run to make sure that they are on form for the start of  official proceedings on Saturday (R20 per challenge). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The real deal starts on Saturday, from 10h00 to 16h30 (R100 per person), when participants will be doing the full course to win the floating trophy and prizes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The under 18 years old -&gt; 14h00 (cut-off &amp; prize)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>18 and over  -&gt; 16h00 (cut-off &amp; prize)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The categories that the warriors will be competing in are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Archery<\/strong> &#8211;  low poundage bows (10\/15 pound draw) six arrows practice, six arrows for score. <\/li><li><strong>Stabbing Board <\/strong>&#8211;  The Board has ten holes covered by interchangeable numbered leather flaps, placed randomly. The contestant is to use a training sword to stab the numbers in sequence in best time or number reached before a mistake. Three runs, best time taken. <\/li><li><strong>Hammer &amp; Nail<\/strong> &#8211;  A favourite of the Clans. Driving nails into a stump of wood. Three practice nails, five for score. Individual challenges also permitted. <\/li><li><strong>Log Hold<\/strong> &#8211;  Contestant is to lift and hold a log (size based on individual weight) at arms length for time score. <\/li><li><strong>Fire Start <\/strong>&#8211;  Contestant gets to choose a hand full of kindling and has one match to start a fire big enough to burn a string over fire, penalty for extra matches. <\/li><li><strong>Armour Jump\/Load leap<\/strong> &#8211;  Contestant is loaded with armour and gear in accordance to their weight and will have to take a three step jump. Score for distance. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Clan will have some of their merchandise available along with leather work from Black Wing Leather.   Look forward to meeting you<br>Bregal Blackwing Benade (Black Feather Member)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, apart from the scavenger hunt, there will be a serious challenge happening at the Gallery&#8211; the first annual Mountain Hog Challenge! The Blackfeather Orc clan will be overseeing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[300,104,97],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-archery","tag-event","tag-hogsbackcelebrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}