Middle course at Hemlock Overlook Park. Plan was to be focused, in constant contact with map and compass, not pushing hard physically. Navigation was not complicated, the woods being so open, but I did make a silly mistake on #7. Coming out of #6 (which was slightly misplaced btw) I thought to myself, "Now, keep concentrating, don't get distracted", and it was precisely during this moment that I lost contact and made a parallel error. A bit ironic. So I thought I was already on my way to #8, going down the stream, seeing some "unmapped" rocks, then realizing based on control codes that I am supposed to be going to #7. Argh.. Up the hill. Joe caught up to me at #11 and I tried to keep up with him but could not :(. Need more speed in this super runnable terrain.
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