Orienteering race 1:50:00 [3] ***
Half the Red course at Firestone Scout Ranch. 100 degree temperatures and spring high grass conspired to make this the least fun I've had orienteering in a long time. We usually use this venue in November and it's considered our best non-A level site. At this time of year, however, the vegetation was ruthless. I ended up bailing out to the road and picking up a safety shuttle after losing my map. That was after fighting my way up a steep hill through 8 foot high grass after NOT finding #5 (I'm now convinced I was in the proper reentrant and the control was placed lower than mapped. I don't think I went low enough). My time includes time spent socializing at the water stop, stopping to pick grass seeds out of my shoes, and riding back to the finish in the shuttle.
