Orienteering (ski) 46:00 [3] *** 6.0 km (7:40 / km)
An orienteering misadventure - logging it as a form of therapy :-) Drove up to Beaver Brook Farm in Vt this am but felt mentally tired- warmed up OK. Set off in right direction for 1 and 2, then headed for 12 instead of 3! Problem seemed to be focal plane for my regular O bifocals with the position of the map holder - hard to focus. Course corrected to 3 via a dotted trail and headed to 4- realized I'd lost my thumb compass. Why I chose to wear one over a ski glove is beyond me- anyhow backtracked to see if i could find it- no such luck, then headed to 5 - only it was 6! At that point realized my head "wasn't in it", so bailed and went back to look for thumbie one more time. Again no luck, headed in to a DNF before insanity prevailed. Oh well - kinda laughed it off and decided to head for home as no accommodation had been secured (all in all a last minute thing which I will put down to work overload last week). There is a moral to this story which hopefully I will register for future reference.
Upside: drive back through Franconia was pleasant and sunny and I got home in one piece.
