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Sunday May 2, 2010 #
9 AM
Orienteering race 1:39:44 [3] 5.2 km (19:11 / km) +195m 16:09 / km
Long course at West Point, Green Y
Another pretty bad run. Didn't see the closed gate symbol along the road going to 2 so came out of the woods to go that way only to find the gate closed. Went down the trail to the ride hoping to get through the swamp but it was impassable. As I came back up to pursue the only route choice left that I could see, side hilling it along the rocks, I met many other people trying to do the same thing I did. I don't think the closed gate overlay symbol is nearly big enough. Even now just sitting here looking at it, I can barely see it. Once I got up to 2, wandered around for a bit trying to relocate among the cliffs. Lost time at 3 as well. I couldn't see a reentrant in the circle and my understanding of a reentrant is that it's a countour feature not a rock feature. Anyway, figured the reentrant must be in the contour that's not completely visible on the map, beyond the rock feature, so went past the rock features in the circle. Started to go back to 2 to relocate and saw some people coming from the cliff. Lost a bit of time at 11, going to far down the hill.
Another pretty bad run. Didn't see the closed gate symbol along the road going to 2 so came out of the woods to go that way only to find the gate closed. Went down the trail to the ride hoping to get through the swamp but it was impassable. As I came back up to pursue the only route choice left that I could see, side hilling it along the rocks, I met many other people trying to do the same thing I did. I don't think the closed gate overlay symbol is nearly big enough. Even now just sitting here looking at it, I can barely see it. Once I got up to 2, wandered around for a bit trying to relocate among the cliffs. Lost time at 3 as well. I couldn't see a reentrant in the circle and my understanding of a reentrant is that it's a countour feature not a rock feature. Anyway, figured the reentrant must be in the contour that's not completely visible on the map, beyond the rock feature, so went past the rock features in the circle. Started to go back to 2 to relocate and saw some people coming from the cliff. Lost a bit of time at 11, going to far down the hill.
Saturday May 1, 2010 #
Event: USMA West Point A-Meet 2010
9 AM
Orienteering race 1:01:31 [3] 3.5 km (17:35 / km) +110m 15:11 / km
West Point Middle distance Green Y course
Fairly poor run. Hesitated going to 1 because I was confused by the large trail out the start when only an indistinct trail was on the map. Stopped short going to 2 and relocated off a boulder with control on previous hill. Lost a minute or 2 at 5, going to a cliff further west along the hill. Not sure why because the cliff is clearly downhill from the larger cliff. Got caught up in green by the swamp going to 7 and ended up on the rocky stuff just north of the control.
Fairly poor run. Hesitated going to 1 because I was confused by the large trail out the start when only an indistinct trail was on the map. Stopped short going to 2 and relocated off a boulder with control on previous hill. Lost a minute or 2 at 5, going to a cliff further west along the hill. Not sure why because the cliff is clearly downhill from the larger cliff. Got caught up in green by the swamp going to 7 and ended up on the rocky stuff just north of the control.
1 PM
Orienteering race (sprint) 22:53 [4] 2.34 km (9:47 / km) +65m 8:35 / km
O/B/G sprint course at West Point
Lost a few seconds at 1 because I didn't read the clue sheet and passed by the lean-to when I didn't see a control (didn't realize it was on the N side). Lost a few frustrating minutes at 6. I couldn't see a cliff on the map so I assumed the cliff was in the woods off the end of the barracks. Picked my way down to the bottom of those cliffs, no control. Then realized it might be between barracks, climbed back up but ended up between the wrong barracks, then finally ran around to the right one. Also lost a minute or two on the go control, not seeing the overprint showing that we can go through the tennis courts and going around the north side.
Lost a few seconds at 1 because I didn't read the clue sheet and passed by the lean-to when I didn't see a control (didn't realize it was on the N side). Lost a few frustrating minutes at 6. I couldn't see a cliff on the map so I assumed the cliff was in the woods off the end of the barracks. Picked my way down to the bottom of those cliffs, no control. Then realized it might be between barracks, climbed back up but ended up between the wrong barracks, then finally ran around to the right one. Also lost a minute or two on the go control, not seeing the overprint showing that we can go through the tennis courts and going around the north side.