The following rules and regulations shall apply to the GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run. By registering for the event, every participant confirms that he has read and understood these rules and regulations and fully accepts them. The participant confirms this by signing this document.

1. The Nature of the Event
The GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run is a stage race across the Alps, i.e. from the Northern Alps, via the Central Alps to the Southern Alps. Various portions of the daily stages contain high-alpine trails passages demanding particular experience and skill of the participants. This specifically means for the participants:

• Each participant has to have an appropriate level of alpine running experience.
  
• Each participant has to be sure-footed and have the ability to move safely on alpine mountain trails, across what would seem to be trail-less terrain and in steep terrain with exposure. This ability must not be compromised by any possible fear of heights.
  
• Each participant has to be experienced in hiking difficult alpine trails passages such as short cliffsides secured by ropes.
  
• Each participant has to possess a good sense of direction in mountain terrain, even when weather and visibility turn for the worse. This also means being able to follow a path by topographical maps or by maps and course information contained in the Trail Book..
  
• Each participant has to be familiar with emergency procedures in alpine mountain terrain.
  

The fact that the participant actually has the necessary skill and expertise cannot be verified by us as the organizer of the event. By registering for the event and signing this document, the participant represents and warrants to the organizer that he or she has the above listed skill and expertise, where the individually mentioned skills are by no means to be understood as a complete list but merely represent examples we have taken from experience with the event.

2. Team Ranking
For safety reasons, participants of the GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run start in 2-person teams. Both participants of a team have to show up together at the start, at all check points, and at the finish, or they won’t be considered for ranking. Should one of the team partners arrive two minutes earlier than the other at any check point or at the finish, a 60-minute time penalty will be imposed. In case this occurs a second time, the team will be disqualified. Participants spend the night in the city hosting the respective stage. On the day of arrival at the respective stage there will be a finish area with timing and a collective start the following morning. The daily runs start at 08:00 (exception being the 1. stage in Ruhpolding: 10:00). Closing of the finish is at 18:00 (subject to change by the race organization). In the course of the “Evening-Party,” the winners of the day’s respective stage will be awarded small prizes and the overall leaders will be given their Leader Jerseys. At the finish in Laces, Italy, the overall winner in the respective categories will be calculated by adding up all times.

3. Categories
There are the following categories: MEN, MASTER MEN (both participants totalling 80 years of age and more, deadline September 4, 2010), SENIOR MASTER MEN (both participants totalling 100 years of age and more, deadline September 4, 2010, takes place when 20 Teams are participating in this category!), MIXED and WOMEN.

4. CLOTHING / EQUIPMENT
It is mandatory to carry the following equipment during all of the races:

• Each participant: foul-weather gear for protection from the elements (as a minimum water-proof rain coat).
  
• Each participant: warm clothing as insulating layers underneath the rain gear (in case of bad weather conditions which may set in suddenly in high mountain territory).
  
• Each participant: gloves and a warm hat.
  
• Each team: emergency gear (i.e. first aid kit, rescue blanket).
  
• Each team: Trail Book with outline and detail maps, altitude profile of the respective stage.
  
• Each team: a backpack (e.g. runner’s pack) or hip bag.
  

The race organizers will perform random checks prior to the race start and at various check points on whether the aforementioned mandatory equipment / clothing is indeed being carried along. If mandatory equipment were to be missing, the participant in question will be disqualified from the race.
Exceptions from this rule may be announced by the race or course director during the briefing on the respective stage.
Additionally, for participants spending the night at the Transalpine-Camp, a sleeping bag and roll mat are mandatory.

5. START NUMBER, RACE PASS, and LEADER JERSEY
Start numbers must be worn and remain visible at all times during the race (participants of the same team have identical start numbers). Start numbers are assigned individually and as such are not conferrable to others. Advertisement on the start number tags must remain visible during the race. Both team members‘ transponder chips, which is integrated in the start number tag, will be scanned at the start, at every check point, and at the finish line. Participants must also carry their race pass during the race. The overall leaders in each category must wear their Leader Jerseys.

6. Timing
Times are recorded with an electronic transponder chip system. The chip is attached to the back of the start number tags and may not be torn out! The chip records the individual participant’s time electronically on all stages. Should a chip get lost or fail to work properly during a stage, please inform the Race Office immediately. A new transponder chip will be issued there. The chip will carry a deposit of EUR 50. In case the participant loses the chip, this deposit will remain with the organizer. At the end of the race, when the chip is returned, participants will be given back their EUR 50 deposit.

7. BRIEFING / START
On the day the event starts, there will be a thorough briefing on the whole race as well as a briefing on the 1st stage in the context of the “Evening-Party” at the eve of the next race by the responsible race or course director. At every following stage there will be a detailed course briefing on the upcoming stage in the context of the “Evening-Party.” At least one of the team partners must be present at the briefing. If a team misses the briefing, they must ask another team to provide them with all the information they have missed. In those briefings the responsible race and course director will bring specific features of the upcoming course to the attention of participants. Participants can position themselves within the starting grid 45 minutes prior to the officially announced race start. An updated, daily briefing will be given by the responsible race-course director for all starters approximately 15 minutes before the start. The daily start venue is officially open until 10 minutes after the official start time. Teams that start the race within ten minutes after the official start time, will be ranked with the official start time (fixed start time). Teams that start the race later than 10 minutes after the official start time will not be considered for ranking.
At the 1st stage the position of a team within the starting grid is established by their start number. At the following stages a team’s starting sector will be determined by their standing in the overall ranking.

8. Neutralized Start
A neutralized start will be announced always during the briefing by the responsible race and course director. During a neutralized start it is not allowed to pass the pilot vehicle / motorcycle.

9. Check Points
On each stage there are between one and four check points, the location of which is unknown to participants before the race, where both team members have to check in together. Teams that miss one of the check points but still arrive at the finish (e.g. because they lost the way or took a shortcut), will receive a time penalty of 60 minutes for every check point they missed. The jury reserves the right to impose a lower or a higher time penalty depending on the specific circumstances. The participants‘ transponders will be scanned at the check points in the order of their arrival (as a team). Should a participant arrive within the allowed 2-minutes period earlier than his or her partner, he or she will have to wait until the other team member arrives at the check point as well. Should a participant arrive at a check point more than 2 minutes earlier than his or her team partner, the team will receive a time penalty of 60 minutes.

10. Race Schedule
The race and course director will announce the daily race schedule during each daily briefing. Within this schedule specific time limits may be defined by which teams have to have passed a predefined point on the trail (e.g. feed zone 3 by 3 pm). Such time limits are mentioned in the Trail Book to provide some level of guidance. Changing weather or trail conditions may command the race and course director to change the cut-off times accordingly. Teams that do not make the cut-off time will officially be taken out of the race by the race director or the trail patrol and, for their own safety, have to forfeit finishing the specific race. They may take part in the next day’s race. However, they cannot be considered for ranking as finishers.

11. Finish
Participants have to check in with their start number tags at each stage’s finish as a team. At this point their time will officially be recorded for ranking.
Teams that arrive late, that is after the official closing of the finish area, due to exhaustion, injury, etc., - in addition to the maximum racing time (that is the period between official start and official race close) - will receive a 60 min. penalty, but will be allowed to start again the following day and will be considered for ranking as finishers. Teams that have been taken out of the race by the race director due to not making the cut-off times, or who, due to injury (proof necessary), arrive at the finish not under their own power but some means of transportation (i.e. vehicle or being carried), shall receive the maximum racing time plus 120 minutes and may also be allowed to start again the next day. However, they cannot be considered for ranking as finishers. Should one participant of a team drop out of the race due to exhaustion, injury, or other reasons, the organizer will try to integrate the other participant in a new team. However, there can be no guarantees. Those new teams will then continue the race unofficially. However, they will retain their scores and be considered finishers as long as both participants have completed all stages of the race under their own power according to the rules and regulations.

12. Withdrawal From The Race
Teams that decide to withdraw from the race for whatever reason (i.e. exhaustion, injury) must inform the race organizers on-site immediately (start, check points, or finish) or call +49/151/55010146. Teams or participants that do not inform the race organizers of their decision to withdraw will be considered “gone missing” and a search and rescue operation (including official mountain rescue teams and the use of helicopters) will be initiated at the expense of the participant(s) in question. Participants who want to withdraw from the GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run also have to cancel with the Race Office of the respective stage, return the transponder chip (against receipt) and, if necessary, cancel any reservations for accommodation. Participants have to organize their return home on their own; however, local tourism offices will be of assistance.

13. TIME PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATIONS
The race organizers and race jury reserve the right to disqualify participants or impose time penalties between 5 and 120 minutes if one or more of the following violations apply:

• Noncompliance with / violation of regulations of the GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run
  
• Disregard of the directives by the race and course director, officially designated trail patrol, or authorized race personnel at check points
  
• Noncompliance with / violation of the fundamental rule of this team competition that each team has to run together, i.e. individual partici pants of one team may not run at a distance greater than 100 meters or more than 2 minutes apart from each other.
  
• Disdain of traffic regulations
  
• Environmental pollution or littering
  
• Unfair behaviour or misconduct towards other competitors
  
• Health problems of a participant
  
• Doping
  
• Deliberately taking shortcuts
  
• Intentionally lining up in the wrong sector of the starting grid
  
• Tampering with start number tags

This is a list of examples and by no means to be understood as complete.
Participants that are disqualified from the race cannot claim reimbursement from the race organizer.

14. Doping
The organizers reserve the right to perform unannounced drug tests. Each case of doping will result in the immediate disqualification of the participant in question. Specifically prohibited are intravenous infusions without medical exception permit (an exception, for instance, would be a medical infusion in case of vomiting that does not respond to other forms of therapy).
In case of dehydration caused by exertion, infusions by the race physician or by the participant‘s own medical staff is prohibited. The race physician will decide whether an infusion is called for according to the rules and regulations of the NADA.

15. External Support
Participating teams are not allowed to accept help from a third person (spectators, supporters, other participants of other teams) during the race, except in emergency situations, injuries, or bad falls. It is acceptable though to receive food, beverages, clothing, and gear in need of replacement from assistants along the trailside. It is also permissible to accept medical attention and treatment from the GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run Rescue Team.
If a participant requires or enlists third-party services, in particular search and rescue services, the race organizers are indemnified from payment for such services. The participant further authorizes the race organizers to collect any incurred charges.

16. Environmental Protection
Since the GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run traverses some of the most beautiful mountain regions of the Alps, appropriate environmental etiquette will be under rigorous scrutiny at all times. Littering outside of the designated feed zones and check points or deliberate damages to the environment will carry severe time penalties or even lead to disqualification from the event.

17. GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run Rules

• The Gore-Tex® Transalpine-Run takes place on public roads, roads that are not closed for traffic, forestry roads, hiking and alpine trails.
  
• Participants have to obey the traffic laws of the respective countries. Participants also have to comply with directives issued by police officers, the responsible race and course director, and any authorized trail patrol.
  
• The GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run mostly makes use of forestry roads, hiking trails, paths, and high mountain alpine territory. Veering off the official routing may entail a high risk of falling with potentially fatal con sequences. Participants are forbidden to take any shortcuts (including the shortcutting of switchbacks, bends, serpentines, etc.) or detours of their own choosing. All participants take part in the event at their own risk.
  
• The route of the Gore-Tex® Transalpine-Run will be marked with chalk spray, signposts, barrier tape, etc. by an experienced and competent team. This, however, does not guarantee a continuously marked course and it does not free the participants from their obligation to keep their bearings in alpine territory. Especially after heavy rainfall, in case of snow, or other adverse weather conditions, markings can disappear, be covered up, or not be visible in time. That is why each team has to carry with them the Trail Book with outline map, detail map, and altitude profiles of the respective stage.
  
• Each participant is obliged to exercise caution with due diligence at con fusing or dangerous trail / road passages. The race organizer reserves the right to designate high-risk sections where the specific directives apply, such that participants may not pass each other or that a reduction in speed and appropriate caution is appropriate. The organizers may place warning signs at such sections and may provide additional safety measures (such as fixed ropes to be used as handrails). There is, how- ever, no obligation on the part of the organizer that such measures be taken.
  
• The race organizer reserves the right to change the course of the race prior to the start of the event. These rights extend to extenuating cir- cumstances during the event when changing weather conditions, etc., may necessitate alterations of the race routing in parts or as a whole at short notice and, in the worst case, may even require the cancella tion of a whole stage.
  
• Disposal of garbage, such as food wrappings, bottles, and beverage containers, is prohibited anywhere along the trail except at the desig- nated feed zones and check points where appropriate containers will be specifically provided.
  
• Escort vehicles are not allowed to affect the race in any way and ac- cepting or providing support from moving escort vehicles is strictly prohibited. The jury will penalize any participant whose support crew causes interference with the race or any adverse effects on other racers. In the case that a support vehicle was to use closed-off roads the team for which support was rendered or which was to receive support will be disqualified immediately.
  
• It is expected that racers act in accordance with the principles of courtesy, sportsmanship and fair play at all times of the race.
  

18. Appeals and Jury
Each participant has an opportunity to raise an objection in case of a perceived breach of rules by other teams or to enter a caveat against decisions of the race and course director up to one hour after the finish time limit. Such objections have to be made in person in the race office and require the naming of (a) witness(es). A jury of three adjudicators (race and course director, the head of time keeping, event organizer) will consult on the issue of appeal and pass a decision prior to the start of the following stage. All witnesses have to be present at the proceedings. The appeals fee is EUR 100. It will not be reimbursed if the appeal fails. The aforementioned contraventions, which may be reprimanded with time penalties or disqualification, provide only an incomplete rundown of other possible offenses that may be penalized.

19. Termination of contract between participant and organizer
The organizer reserves the contractual right to cancel the agreement with any participant until the official end of the event in the form of a right of withdrawal in accordance with §§ 324, 241 para. 1 German Civil Code ["BGB"]. The settlement will then take place in accordance with § 346 German Civil Code ["BGB"]."

20. Disclaimer of Liability
With the antecedent accreditation, the participant submits a self-willed and binding registration for an event of his/her choosing by the PLAN B event company GmbH and asserts, without requiring further proof by the event organizer, possession of the skills and experiences that are mentioned and required by all participants under heading 1 of this document.
Compensation claims brought forward by the participant against the event organizer, for whatever legal reason, are excluded. This does not apply, if the organizer, his legal representatives or his agents have acted with intent or with gross negligence in the execution of his duties or if the organizer is duly liable due to accountable damages resulting from injuries to the life, the body or the health of a person or the breach of constitutive contractual obligations. The participant consents to be subject to tests and inspections on his/her person and personal equipment that are ordered by authorized race personnel.
The participant knows, understands, and fully acknowledges the conditions of participation and the rules and regulations. The participant expressly confirms that he or she has fully read and understood the rules, guidelines, and conditions detailed within such documents.
The participant agrees to the publication of photographic and other audiovisual materials obtained (also from each participant) during the event. With the release of an E-mail address, the participant knowingly permits that PLAN B event company GmbH uses this email address to send additional event information.
The participant certifies with his/her signature that their participation in this event will be at their own risk and that adequate insurance coverage exists in case of accident or injury.
Furthermore, by starting the event the participant solemnly affirms to be unaware of any health concerns that would undermine his/her participation in the race and that his/her physical level of performance meets the requirements that such an alpine endurance race places on the body and mind over the course of eight stages.

21. STATUTE OF LIMITATION / PLACE OF JURISDICTION
Any claims by the participant towards PLAN B event company GmbH, irrespective of its legal ground, are subject to the statute of limitation of one year after the contractually specified end of the race event. The legal place of jurisdiction for any settlement of dispute(s) is Munich, Germany. The legal and contractual relationship between the participant and
PLAN B event company GmbH shall be entirely subject to German law.

These rules and regulations remain subject to change by the race organization!