THE ULTIMATE CODEBREAKING CHALLENGE

40* Miles | 10 Codes | 1 Month | January 2025

Have you got what it takes?

Your mission is to cover the distance, crack the codes and deliver the final message before time runs out

From 1st January, take on our Berlin mission, challenge yourself and your family and friends to cover 40 miles* on foot through Soviet territory, decrypt vital intelligence about the blockade, cracking codes as you go and help bring our stranded contacts back to HQ. Do you have what it takes to accomplish your mission, earn your medal and deliver the final message before time runs out?

You can take part from anywhere in the world using your phone, fitness tracker. 

Take on one of the UK's most innovative events as you tackle the fiendish codes, explore the great outdoors and learn more about our incredible heroes from the Second World War.

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*If 40 miles is too much/too little, you will also have the option to adjust it to suit your ability.

YOUR MISSION: Berlin 1949

It’s January 1949. Since the fall of the Nazi regime, Germany has been carved up into four zones. Deep inside the Soviet zone, hundreds of miles from the Western boundary, is the capital of Berlin. And like the rest of the country, Berlin, too, is divided into four zones.

Cooperation between East and West has deteriorated, and on 18 June 1948, Stalin’s communist regime closed road, rail and water supplies to West Berlin – leaving two million Germans cut off from vital resources. 

We need you to go beyond the blockade and discover the truth of what’s happening in the East. We’ve arranged for you to make contact with key officials, but you’ll need to move on foot and crack codes along the way to avoid being captured. It’s a frosty journey that’s certainly not for the faint-hearted. Are you up to the challenge?