Bernard Pommel (CC3094) offers us this challenge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Climb all the cols to the north of a line joining Hendaye (FR) to Devin (-Stralsund-DEDE)<\/strong>, i.e. 99 cols including 76 road cols and 23 off-road, spread over 5 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three other lines (Hendaye – Dunkirk (FR), Hendaye – Bremerhaven (DE), and Hendaye -Travem\u00fcnde (DE) allow the Challenge du Septentrion to be subdivided into 4 sectors and 4 levels of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This challenge is open to members and non-members of the Club des Cent Cols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact : septentrion@centcols.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The creation of the Septentrion Challenge of the Club des Cent Cols obeys several objectives largely determined by listening to the members of the Club des Cent Cols, by observing particular or original riding practices of certain cyclists and finally by the precepts of the cycletourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of these objectives is to rebalance the interest of climbing cols in geographic areas thathave little compared to the high mountain ranges (Alps, Pyrenees, etc.), generally more numerous in cols in our catalogues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rather than the infinite increase in the number of cols, many of us have long been committed to the achievement of a geographically or culturally determined goal. The Challenge du Septentrion was inspired by this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Encouraging the discovery of new landscapes and places by the desire to travel the small roads in search of rarer, or more confidential or secret cols, is to transmit the spirit of cycletourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It seemed interesting to us to also offer this Challenge to non-members of the Club des Cent Cols in order to allow them to start a gentle \u201ccollection of cols\u201d, in their home areas or in their holiday destinations, make it flourish at any age according to their desires. We bring them our expertise on the cols of many countries and we provide them with sophisticated IT tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By this means, we hope to promote the joys and pleasures of discovery and cycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Club des Cent Cols has created the Septentrion Challenge, a challenge which is obtained after climbing all the cols contained in a specific geographic section: the North of the Hendaye (FR) – Devin (-Stralsund-DE) line (76 road cols, 24 off road), section itself subdivided into four zones; the cols are those registered in the Club\u2019s col catalogues of the countries concerned at the time of the Challenge’s creation. The number of cols in each geographic area varies by area, the total in the four areas is 99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When all the cols of an area are climbed, the participant obtains the Bronze level. He obtains the Silver level for climbing all the cols of two zones, Gold for that of three zones, and the Septentrion Challenge (“Platinum”) is obtained when the participant has climbed all the cols of the four zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The challenge is open to members and non-members of the Club des Cent Cols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 To register for the Challenge, you must: complete the registration form accepting these rules<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The goal of the Challenge is to do all the cols of a given geographical area. The list of cols is established by the Club des Cent Cols according to strict criteria of topography and toponymy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Each col climbed in this area is declared as such on the good faith of the participant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 There is no time limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 A patent is granted when all the passes in the area concerned are climbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please note : the 99 cols listed in this Challenge were all found in various catalogues at the time of the making of the Challenge, and this list is fixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If afterwards new editions of the catalogues contain new cols in the Challenge’s zone, these cols will not count for the Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGoals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How it works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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