1. | I ran into the woods after the first break in the fields and followed the edge of the hill to the control. | ||||||
2. | I ran straight and pulled-up short. Mrs. Walker was hunting there already. We both went on with me having to outsprint her there. | ||||||
3. | Around to the left and following the cliffs in. Uncharacteristically, I did read the control description and confidently knew to check look at the bottom of the cliffs. | ||||||
4. | I ran a bit to the right where the wall started. Seeing that the green wasn't that bad, I aimed left of the wall for the flatter ground. I cut up through the gap in the wall and knew it'd be ahead of me. Time lost for poor route. | ||||||
5. | +00:20 | I don't think I saw the trail as an option. Some think the map may be off a bit anyway in that the trail is a bit further away from the control than mapped. In any case, I ran parallel to the trail, dropping down over the stoney ground and following the next trail to the junction. There Greg Balter, who had started a minute ahead, was exiting. I followed the ridge in. | |||||
6. | +00:15 | Back out the ridge as I'd come in then follow the trail up the hill such that I had to turn left at the intermittant trail. I left that trail from a bend and continued climbing when I should have contoured. While descending, I couldn't see the control in a gap in the wall and knew I was too high. I dropped down and corrected. | |||||
F. | Out to the field and chasing to catch Heidi Onkst--she was too far ahead or too fast. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:35