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weight:5.3lbs
Couldn't sleep longer and brought my laptop downstairs at hotel lobby with a cup of coffee. Right now it is 55 degree at 7:30am. It will go up to in the low 70's.
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Help! How can I put some pictures in AP?
Orienteering 1:45:35 [3] 5.31 km (19:53 / km)
slept:6.0 shoes: VJ Falcon 2
Went up to Medicine Bow National Forest - Middle Crow's Toe in mid early morning. Sunny, clear and cool but very comfortable than yesterday. We must put SPF 30 lotion all over our bare skin. The sun was very strong with about over 8,000 ft altitude. Oh man, the green course map size is only about 8"x 8" with 15,000 scale and many, many details mostly boulders, bare rocks and of course open field with sages. My foot got stuck into the hole size as bowling ball twice. I believe those holes are where the Badgers live. Thank god they didn?t bite my toe off. I got little better this time than yesterday but still need to pay attention on contours and boulders. This map is 5.310 with 13 controls. I didn?t finish after control #12 because I saw Patti was sitting. She has a bad sore blister on her left foot. So, I help her to go back the finish area. Saw our some our QOC people ? Sam and Chuck. So, we rested and eat our lunch at Middle Crow?s Toe for about an half hour then drove to Plains of Despair for training.
Orienteering 1:14:33 [2]
shoes: VJ Falcon 2
At Plains of Despair ? much warmer but still very comfortable. The map is much larger than the Middle Crow?s Toe. It is 8? x 12? with 15,000 and 18 controls. I seems don?t get used it with 15,000 yet. It looks like about 95 % of open field on the map. So, stubborn Patti wants to orienteering. She taped on the blisters and bought a new pair of long orienteering socks. I also bought for myself too. I really love the long orienteering socks with my shorts on. We went together from control # 1 to 8. Her blisters seem handled ok with new socks and dry. Meanwhile, drive back to the hotel, we saw a pronghorn. I also saw a 6 point Elk yesterday.