Sea Explorers' Institute
Pentathlon Overview
SEI Pentathlon Overview
SEI Pentathlon is an endurance race spanning over a distance of 525 km (approx.) from Gaumukh the source of the river Ganga to Kolkata near its mouth through 5 kinds of adventure sports in 5 legs viz. trekking, white water rafting, kayaking, rowing and sailing.
It is a team race, each team comprises of 8 participants with any 6 team members participating in each of the 5 sports.
It is a pan India open competition with provision of only 6-8 teams in each competition.
The competition is divided in 2 phases as follows :
- Phase I in Uttarakhand:
Trekking : 22 km
Rafting : 72 km - Phase II in West Bengal:
Kayaking : 120 km
Rowing & Sailing : 325 km