Training Log Archive: bishop22

ROC Solo-O Long Advanced at Mendon. Walt and Patty drove over from EA to do the course and printed out an extra map for me. Luckily they left it in a map bag because it rained after they left their car, and again as I arrived. I punched #3 just after they had arrived at the same control as #8. Was clean until I didn't look at my compass going into #7 and not only went off the wrong spur looking for the reentrant, but went the wrong way after that. Other real mistake was going to #13 but that was because the clue said spur, so I went to the spur, and coming down I had to backtrack towards where I had come from. I also lost time going to 13 because I went around to the field; in a real meet I would have gone straighter. 15-16 was also of questionable fairness because the current conditions apparently don't match the map - some people were able to go straight, but I had to bail when the OK part on the map was quite wet, so I assumed the bluer section would be a problem.

I was able to have a socially-distant drink after finishing,

C • Weather 1