Training Log Archive: levitin

Very gentle paddle near Neals Cove (where my tent was). I have not been in a boat since my accident, and I've forgotten a lot of the body position required. Getting into the water, I was trying to push off without stepping into the water with one foot. Instead, I capsized the boat and went in up to my waist while still half on land. =:-O

Then, a very gentle paddle to see if the paddling motion exacerbated any arm or shoulder musculature. If it did not, I could offer to pick up some Canoe-O controls.

Green course. I considered (briefly) dropping to Brown, which was printed at the delightful scale of 1:7500 instead of 1:10 000. However, it was only 2.9k, and I wanted to have a go at redeeming myself. So I chose Green, 4.4km/100m. We were on the Big Island; I mostly walked, with occasional jogs when there was a good collecting feature.

No problems reaching 1, 2, 3, 4. Then I overshot 5 to the NW and relocated about 200m from the circle. Then no problems finding 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and the finish. There was a delightful leg from 6 to 7 just S of Burnham Marsh, on a steep sidehill. Glorious open woods, some occasional mossy boulders, and the navigation was made easier by ticking off major islands about 150m prior to the control.

Collecting a few Canoe-O controls. Managed not to capsize the boat. Although I did make a parallel error on the shortest leg between controls, between 3 (island) and 2 (cove connecting to the main body of land).

I have forgotten much about the fine maneuvering of the boat.

Green - Splits