Sorry we missed it, I was actually planning to give mtbo a shot this year! Were you on your bike the whole time, or did you drop it to go after controls off-trail?
rules for yesterday were you couldn't be more than 10' from your bike i think. all the controls were on trail. no bikewhacking allowed.
Bikewhacking. Perfect word for it!
Interesting. I gather for the world champs bikewhacking could be quite the route choice!