1. | FIrst few controls have much more vague features than yesterday. | ||||||
2. | +00:30 | Got too low and missed some of the re-entrants. | |||||
3. | Saw Suzanne Armstrong leaving the control. Green is fairly runnable, so reach path much nearer the road than I expected. Carefully followed the tops of the re-entrants on the S side of the ridge into the control. | ||||||
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6. | Decided that the flat creek/road/trail route is too long, so took the unpopular route over the hill. After a very steep uphill, crossed the shallow re-entrant and dropped down to the trail/road junction. Took the trail towards the control, seeing Suzanne ahead of me again. I went up the long ridge to the control. Reached the control with Suzanne. | ||||||
7. | +00:30 | Decided to reduce climb this time by crossing the ridge to the SW of the th control. Overshot the control - met Suzanne and others coming up the trail from the SE. | |||||
8. | Downhill. Steep slope above the west side of the creek. | ||||||
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10. | Pass Suzanne going up the long hill. Went over the top of the control, and through the green, keeping an eye on the re-entrants. Thought I'd finally got away from Suzanne. | ||||||
11. | See Suzanne climbing the hill into the control below me. | ||||||
12. | Kept founding myself too low in the rocks. Trying to keep an eye on the re-entrants across the main valley. Thought I was near the control when I know I was no-where near it, as I saw re-entrants that looked like they should round the control, but had no problems when I did get near the control. Reached the control with Suzanne having not seen her at all on the leg. | ||||||
13. | Up the ditch (last steep uphill of the day). Suzanne goes up the spur. | ||||||
14. | Ahead of Suzanne but go to the wrong re-entrant first so she fianlly gets away from me. | ||||||
15. | Down to the road to get round the out of bounds (and avoid any more climb). | ||||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:01:00