ADVERTORIAL DELIRIOUS WEST 200 & 100 MILER
GET DELIRIOUS IN THE WEST WORDS: SHAUN KAESLER, EVENT DIRECTOR
The Delirious West. It’s the original point to point 200 miler in the Southern Hemisphere. In fact, it’s still only one of a very few. It’s a place of heartache, elation, untouched beauty and dreams. And now, it has a permanent addition of a 100 miler too. Northcliffe, in the Great Southern forests of South-West Western Australia, is a quiet dairy and former timber milling town with a population of fewer than 250 people, yet every second week in February, the town swells overnight with the arrival of nervous, excited crews and runners and the obvious realisation that they are about to tackle hundreds of kilometres along the pristine and, at times, intimidatingly remote Bibbulmun Track. All aiming for one destination – the city of Albany and the welcome finish line on Frenchman’s Bay. But let’s wind back a little from that finish line, because to get to Albany there are so many obstacles along the way. You see, for 64
what Delirious may lack in elevation that most other milers may have, it makes up for with beaches, dunes, technical trails and remoteness. Not to mention our personal guarantee that you will see deadly snakes, massive grey kangaroos, beautiful wildlife and scenery that very few eyes have hosted. And I’m not going to forget to mention some other very unique things about Delirious. It’s the only miler in the world where you get to run through a Giant Tree Top Walk up to 70-metres above the ground, through the canopies of some of the world’s tallest forests. It’s the only miler in the world where you get to cross an inlet on the back of a jetski! And one of the greatest mind games in this event is the race to the Denmark bus shuttle which leaves on the hour every hour to shuttle you around the Wilson Inlet. If you miss it by 30 seconds, you wait another hour to catch the next one.
Delirious isn’t easy. Not everyone will finish, as there are so many variables that can change your ‘race’. But Delirious is the OG. The original pointto-point Down Under, and the community of lifelong friendships you and your crew will make along the way, has turned it into the unquestionable icon of long distance running in Australia. We invite you to be part of your own history.
WEB: deliriouswest200miler.com.au HOST: Ultra Series DATE: 7-11 February 2024 REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN
