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Saturday Sep 20, 2014 #
12 PM
Orienteering race (Score) 53:05 [4] *** 4.01 km (13:15 / km) +106m 11:42 / km
spiked:14/16c slept:7.0 shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-A 2013-08
Temps in 60s and mostly sunny; another gorgeous late summer day (almost fall!).
HVO 60-minute score O at Hudson Highlands Nature Museum near Cornwall, NY. 1:5000 / 5m map by Bob Burg
We arrived a bit early to answer a plea from Betsy for help with registration (or instruction; we opted for taking money and registering epunches). After we processed most of the Boy Scout and cadet teams/groups, Betsy took over and let us go out on our own.
We'd been here once before and it turned out most of the score O controls were ones I'd been to on the previous course. Map's a bit flaky in some areas too. I did a counterclockwise loop and skipped two farthest up the hill (to save 5 contours of climb), one that was a boulder surrounded by rocky ground (not near a trail), and one I'd had trouble with last time. Got most with no trouble; didn't hit directly on the stone wall (2nd farthest west control), or the hill near the property line.
The other challenge was that even though there were circles on the map, there were no corresponding numbers for you to validate that you were at a score O control, just a code when you got there to match up with your descriptions. :-) Basically, navigate to the circle and find a flag. At least all the flags were hung at the circled control locations. A good exercise in adapting, and generally a fun time. Glorious weather.
HVO 60-minute score O at Hudson Highlands Nature Museum near Cornwall, NY. 1:5000 / 5m map by Bob Burg
We arrived a bit early to answer a plea from Betsy for help with registration (or instruction; we opted for taking money and registering epunches). After we processed most of the Boy Scout and cadet teams/groups, Betsy took over and let us go out on our own.
We'd been here once before and it turned out most of the score O controls were ones I'd been to on the previous course. Map's a bit flaky in some areas too. I did a counterclockwise loop and skipped two farthest up the hill (to save 5 contours of climb), one that was a boulder surrounded by rocky ground (not near a trail), and one I'd had trouble with last time. Got most with no trouble; didn't hit directly on the stone wall (2nd farthest west control), or the hill near the property line.
The other challenge was that even though there were circles on the map, there were no corresponding numbers for you to validate that you were at a score O control, just a code when you got there to match up with your descriptions. :-) Basically, navigate to the circle and find a flag. At least all the flags were hung at the circled control locations. A good exercise in adapting, and generally a fun time. Glorious weather.