Race Evaluation
CSU Training Weekend (Pawtuckaway): Attackpoint
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| 1. | This was supposed to be attackpoint training, which I didn't know beforehand. Would have come in useful here, because I took a more-or-less straight route and landed on a knoll just to the east, and it took me a while to locate the streamered knoll. | ||||||
| 2. | For some silly reason, I decided to go N, avoiding the trail to save a trivial amount of climb and distance. The two Alexes were here at around the same time. | ||||||
| 3. | When we got to the swamp edge, Alexei went N, I went NW and Alex J. went W. I got there just before Alexei. | ||||||
| 4. | Alexei disappeared quickly... | ||||||
| 5. | Met Sam at the control | ||||||
| 6. | Both Sam and I got to the circle and had to search around a bit. More stuff here than mapped. | ||||||
| 7. | I went a little lower than Sam -- never saw her again. | ||||||
| 8. | Ugly leg -- I was too far south and didn't realize it until I hit the trail. | ||||||
| 9. | Trail. | ||||||
| 10. | David Yee passed me going up, but was going too far right. I reached the control not far behind Alex J. | ||||||
| 11. | Alex, me, David I think was the order | ||||||
| 12. | We all went down to the marsh way too soon, paying the price in negotiating crap. I was last. | ||||||
| 13. | Just before Alex. David not in sight. | ||||||
| 14. | Around to right of line, Alex following until just beyond the cliffs, went she went low. I found the nice flat area and followed it to the pond. | ||||||
| 15. | Right of line. Didn't see Alex until I was leaving the control. | ||||||
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| 17. | Ran to swamp corner, then took a hesitant route & Alex led in to the control. | ||||||
| 18. | We both got a bit confused in the control circle. | ||||||
| 19. | Really really ugly. Here is where finding the attack point (big boulder to NE of control) would have been useful. We overshot. I tried to relocate by going N and using bould er clusters. Not a good idea. Alex had a better idea -- climb to top of hill. That worked better. | ||||||
| 20. | Alex headed for the road. My plan was to go straight, but I confused my swamps and ended up in the green nearer the road, and didn't figure it out until I passed by the big long rock. Still, got to the control around the same time as Alex. | ||||||
| F. | A very nice course by Brendan & Ross. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:00