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The 2012 City Chase Canadian Championships 鈥� dubbed the world's largest urban adventure series 鈥� kicks off today in Whitehorse.

The event is scheduled to begin at the Air North Hangar as the 10 two-member teams involved attempt to pull an Air North jet down the runway with the help of some local athletes.

What follows will be a 36-hour whirlwind of adrenaline-pumping adventures and mentally-exhausting challenges in the Yukon capital.

This year's championship will be the ninth-annual event, said an excited David

Nash of InField Marketing Group. Nash is the event's creator and operator.

"We're excited,鈥� he told the Star. "A championship is a different beast. You spend a lot of time immersing yourself in a culture and a city. The Whitehorse community has been fantastic, and so welcoming.鈥�

In the championship, participants will compete to find and complete secret challenges set up across the city. Once a team has completed 10 or more events, they are eligible to cross the finish line.

The top team wins a 14-day trip to Serengeti, a popular national park in Tanzania.

Teams will be tested physically and mentally, with an injection of humour.

"Chasers do more in six hours than some people do in an entire summer,鈥� said Nash. "Grand prize aside, so much of this is in the journey. Memories are made that last a lifetime.

"We want these people to be pushed to the brink. But we also want them to kick back on Saturday night and really savour the experience.鈥�