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Saturday May 2, 2015 #
Event: West Point A-Meet
10 AM
Orienteering 25:00 [3] 1.6 km (15:37 / km) +40m 13:53 / km
West Point. Walk from registration to Start. Time, distance and climb guesses.
11 AM
Orienteering 2:25:09 [3] 7.11 km (20:25 / km) +279m 17:04 / km
Started with priorities being map contact and fuel management (i.e. cautious pace knowing it would be grueling). I under estimated grueling. The navigation was okay except #6 where I was too far right. Messed around for awhile before taking a bearing on the hill top to the s.e., then knew where I had to go. Blueberry wrestling was no fun and taking a lot of energy, so I favored using trails. Weary at #7 but bushwhacked directly south nonetheless . Seemed like a long laurel fight from the brook to the e-w trail, which I then followed up to 8, praying the view would be worth the exhaustion. Wagon steps the whole way.
Gracious cadet at summit handed me a cup of water and insisted on filling my water bottle. I sat down to catch breath and enjoy the view. He brought a whole gallon over to me, from which I took a couple of cup refills. When I showed I was ready to move on, he offered his hand. As soon as I took it, I found myself suddenly and smoothly upright on both feet. What am I? A feather. The guy must be an iron pumper! Gave him a Go Army hoorah and went on my way.
Nellie passed me here. After #9 Nellie passed me again as he returned from #10 to find #9. He passed me again after I crawled up to #11.
On way to #12 got sucked left a bit seeing a crowd inspecting the first cliff, but quickly counted contours and I knew I had a long way down to go, so got back on the so-called trail. The whole area was ankle twisting rocks but at least it was downhill toward the home stretch. Moseyed along to Finish in a fog of exhaustion.
My route.
Gracious cadet at summit handed me a cup of water and insisted on filling my water bottle. I sat down to catch breath and enjoy the view. He brought a whole gallon over to me, from which I took a couple of cup refills. When I showed I was ready to move on, he offered his hand. As soon as I took it, I found myself suddenly and smoothly upright on both feet. What am I? A feather. The guy must be an iron pumper! Gave him a Go Army hoorah and went on my way.
Nellie passed me here. After #9 Nellie passed me again as he returned from #10 to find #9. He passed me again after I crawled up to #11.
On way to #12 got sucked left a bit seeing a crowd inspecting the first cliff, but quickly counted contours and I knew I had a long way down to go, so got back on the so-called trail. The whole area was ankle twisting rocks but at least it was downhill toward the home stretch. Moseyed along to Finish in a fog of exhaustion.
My route.
Sunday Apr 26, 2015 #
1 PM
Orienteering 3:30:00 [3] 11.0 km (19:05 / km)
Vetting part of Pond Mt streamered by Charlie. Set streamers on other area of venue. Think C's enhancements to our drafts are going to present some really nice adventures for our O community. Nice day in the woods, taking it slow to assure accuracy, practice map reading, testing legs for upcoming events, enjoying wild flowers and some animal life. Found some sort of canine skull. Played with some iPhone orienteering apps that didn't behave well, at least they could not survive the button bumps that came with carrying the phone in my pocket. I'll stick with with my usual GPS tracking app. Didn't meet any one else in the woods, had the place to myself. Hip felt good throughout, started to tire near end with some aggressive climbs. Let's see if the muscle freeze up tonight.