1. | Solid start, but last good leg for quite a while. | ||||||
2. | +06:00 | Poor compass work to wrong trail, wound up contouring around cliff line due S and not finding control at end. Finally checked compass again and realized I was heading in exactly wrong direction. | |||||
3. | +03:00 | Straight over top, but kept feeling I had gone too far. Looped back and didn't find control, then finally recognized the bigger reentrant I was looking for. | |||||
4. | +08:00 | I only wish I could reconstruct what went wrong here, but I can't. I know it involved another 180 degree error, and there was probably a teleportation event that I completely missed. | |||||
5. | +01:00 | Confidence now completely shot. On correct line as I crossed stone wall, but somehow I only saw wall beyond the control, so doubled back prematurely (again). | |||||
6. | N to trail, overly deliberate compass bearing from trail intersection trying to avoid further disasters. | ||||||
7. | +00:30 | Through saddle to trail, followed trail E of control but wound up having to climb back some. | |||||
8. | Trail run, then along EW wall to form knoll, then on compass picking up wall fragment on the way. | ||||||
9. | SE to trail, up hill through gap between walls. | ||||||
10. | +00:45 | Rough contour, then down slope crossing trail and wall. Missed control sitting on ground below closer cliff, so went over top and checked far cliff before returning to correct cliff. | |||||
11. | To trail, then noticed that map had run, and details very murky. N at trail intersection to cliff, then carefully counted boulders until I got to circle | ||||||
12. | +01:30 | More murky detail. Decided to take direct route if only to try to improve on my compass legs. Again missed low-lying biodegradable control on first pass, doubled back with more confidence from end of wall S of pond. | |||||
13. | Contoured around hill, but got confused at trail intersections near NE corner of swamp. Had planned to go E of swamp, but vegetation bad, so went S. Approach turned out to be reasonable, although there seemed to be an unmapped smaller reentrant prior to reaching control. | ||||||
F. | Trail run all the way. Took northern parallel option near end. In retrospect, I thought course was very well laid out, although I would have enjoyed more details on control description, especially if low-visibility biodegradable controls in use. |
Total Time Lost - 00:20:45