Orienteering race 1:21:13 [4] *** 7.1 km (11:26 / km) +50m 11:03 / km
14c
QOC Mason Neck Red. When I read that Bjorn had removed the rootstocks from the map, my heart sank. Those rootstocks had totally saved me in the past, when there was nothing else but 5-inch contours (OK, maybe a foot) and an occasional dry swamp to navigate by. What was going to stop me from running around in circles this time? Well, actually, it went pretty well. I botched up the long leg from 2 to 3 in at least two different ways, losing 10+ minutes in the process, but hey, in the end I was actually able to relocate from the dry swamp using the 5-inch contours. That felt good. No other problems, and a lot of really good navigation the rest of the way.