Join Us!

Participate, Learn, Have Fun, Volunteer!

There are lots of ways to get involved with AdventureCORPS, so here are some suggestions for joining us! AdventureCORPS is for all who are dedicated to adventure, insight, and energy!

AdventureCORPS is a fast-moving organization which is constantly "out there"—producing events, publishing articles, supporting charitable and environmental efforts, drumming up media coverage about our events and the athlete-adventurers who do them, and much more. Through it all, the people of AdventureCORPS are themselves also regularly participating in races, expeditions, and other adventurous pursuits. We walk our talk and we love sharing all of this with all of you!

In our day-to-day life, we are dedicated to many things, especially our Prime Directive: "To Seek and Share Adventure." Besides producing world-class events, we also do this by providing useful, inspiring, and entertaining information - plus insights, kudos, and encouragement - through our websites, our two blogs, and our email newsletter. So, if you really want to stay in touch with, and in the loop about, this whirlwind of high-energy activity and the "ever onward and upward" lifestyle that defines AdventureCORPS, here's your Thirteen Step Program:

  1. Subscribe to our email newsletter.
  2. Subscribe to our Twitter feed.
  3. Become a "fan" of our FaceBook page.
  4. Get the RSS feed for updates from our SmugMug photo galleries. (See "Available Feeds" at page bottom.)
  5. Subscribe to our Rough Riders Blog feed via email or RSS feed.
  6. Subscribe to our AdventureCORPS Blog feed via email or RSS feed.
  7. Visit these specific webpages - and blogs - regularly for all the latest happenings:
  9. Learn The AdventureCORPS Way from The Write Stuff and Downloads.
  10. Support one or more of our Official Charities.
  11. Volunteer at one or more of our events (see below).
  12. Participate in one or more of our events (see below).
  13. Send us your Road Raves for possible inclusion on the website.
  14. Tell a friend!

Participate
First and foremost, we are a participatory organization! So sign up for, train for, and do one or more of of our events!

Furnace Creek 508, the world's premier ultra cycling event, held in October each year.
Badwater Ultramarathon, the world's premier ultra running event, held in July each year.
Death Valley Century and Double Century, held in February and October each year.
Hell's Gate Hundred, a new event held in April each year: a 100-mile cycling event AND a celebration of Death Valley National Park.
Mount Laguna Bicycle Classic, a new event held in April each year: a 100-mile cycling event held on and around San Diego County's secret, and spectacular, mountains.
Rough Riders Rally, to be held the first time in late July, 2010 in Marin County.
Shasta Snofari, a five-day winter endurance sports adventure held in February each year.
CORPScamp Death Valley, a five-day cycling lifestyle adventure held in late February / early March each year.
CORPScamp Shasta, a five-day cycling lifestyle adventure held in late July / early August each year.

Volunteer with AdventureCORPS!
We can only put these events on with the help of loyal, trustworthy, motivated individuals running the checkpoints along the way and providing roving SAG support along the route. To provide a little incentive, we offer one free entry into the Death Valley Century and Double Century or Hell's Gate hundred (or a $100 credit towards one of the other events, good for one year) if you volunteer. It's a simple formula: "work one, ride one free!" If you are available to lend a hand at one of our events behind the scenes (not on a support crew), please use the Volunteer Form to let us know. Thanks in advance!

Support an Athlete at Badwater Ultramarathon or Furnace Creek 508
Our Badwater Ultramarathon and Furnace Creek 508 events generally have the same race staff each year, so we are not actively soliciting volunteers for those races. However, both events always have entrants in need of dedicated support crew help, providing you with a great opportunity to get involved with either or both races. Please use the appropriate section of the AdventureCORPS Blog / Forum if you want to offer to work on a support crew at Badwater or The 508: Click here for the Badwater Support Crew page or click here for the Furnace Creek 508 support crew page. (Do not write to us.)