1. | D - Off with the crowd, see Mark Frank to my right, respect counts so I decide it's DCAB, cut corner and the crowd passes in front of me, along ride and curl right around rocks | ||||||
2. | C - contour staying a little high of straight, Mark is still in view | ||||||
3. | +00:30 | A - wide right around rocks but straight must be faster because several people pass me | |||||
4. | B - up using platforms then accross, pass a couple back | ||||||
5. | island hop the platforms, decide flatter is better so it's FIGHE | ||||||
6. | F - e to trail junction, follow Sandy Fillebrown, around to major trail e toward large shallow saddle to platform then island hop almost straight from there, discover Ken Walker at control and he is heading the same way as me? | ||||||
7. | +00:30 | I - se to small trail bend (Ken goes farther) cut to small spur at trail, I didn't have the control location visualized correctly, hesiatate and Ken beats me in | |||||
8. | +00:30 | G - Ken leaves me in the dust (I'm tired) going up trail, pass several people going the other way Mark (who thinks I must be having a good run), Sandy and Steve Tarry - (who knows, maybe I am) | |||||
9. | H - w then s along trail to last little spur then straight wsw | ||||||
10. | E - straight nnw to vicinity of big boulder (Mike Brooks asks me what I am doing), along rocks to platform, right accross rocks and in | ||||||
11. | +03:00 | contour ne to trail, around to exact spot I left trail (for 6 or F) over spur and down a reentrant left of correct one, got too low and climbed a couple of contours back to control | |||||
12. | again flat seems better than rocks and climb, so w and nw ignoring trails until rocks then nne on trail to platform and up | ||||||
13. | slow climb, hit trail at bend and island hop from there | ||||||
14. | straight until I see trail at spur in 400m, trails cutting corners from there | ||||||
15. | +03:00 | tried to go almost straight but ended up left a little, relocated on ruin | |||||
16. | bridge to exchange | ||||||
17. | trail around to s of control then curl around rocks | ||||||
18. | +04:00 | ne trying to contour around rocks high but passed control low somehow, relocated on contour detail and slogged ne up to bag | |||||
19. | nne up to trail, left, left, and left on indistinct trail to sw of control through break in rocks | ||||||
20. | straight, decide KJLM | ||||||
21. | K - contour ne to trail jct, to road for 100m then trail around to just e of control | ||||||
22. | +03:00 | J - sw across stream toward shallow saddle, rocks never seemed to end, caught myself wandering s, sat down, had a drink and snapped out of it then correct trail and in | |||||
23. | L - almost straight, slow climb to indistinct trail | ||||||
24. | M - ese to trail at stream then island hop up | ||||||
25. | sse to correct trail then ssw till it peters out then island hop in, Mike Ball is resting at control | ||||||
26. | climb to road to jct then straight in | ||||||
27. | +05:00 | pass high going east, I guess if I check enough platforms I'm bound to find it, finally climb up from sw to it, decide BACD | |||||
28. | B - Up to trail, see Mike again as I leave trail (follow him pretty much to finish), contour | ||||||
29. | A - exactly opposite 4 | ||||||
30. | +00:30 | C - try straight and end up in green mess | |||||
31. | D - exactly opposite 2 | ||||||
F. | a little straighter than 1. No cramps, I'm glad I carried water. Thank You to the organizers! |
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