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Discussion: Run back to control 10

in: turbodog; turbodog > 2008-05-18;

#  Posted 2008-05-20 17:13:51
ccsteve: Meant to ask - I particularly liked the climb out of 9 and run back to 10 down the re-entrants with the ducking and weaving around obstacles... The little climb (almost like a ladder) back up to the top of that hill was steeper than I predicted, but ok.

How did you get there?

#  Posted 2008-05-20 18:29:59
turbodog: From #9 I followed the valley, over the saddle, etc. to the trail junction near #7, then stayed on the trail by the creek around the hill to the ruins. I went up the hill from there.

#  Posted 2008-05-20 23:14:17
gas_turbine: Real men (and their teenage sons) go THROUGH the creek the whole way back. Or was that 'real ducks and their ducklings'...


We were quite a pair showing up in Dan's Crafts & Things (Mecca for hobbyists) after the meet.

#  Posted 2008-05-21 04:31:50
turbodog: I did a quick calculation and determined that running speed through water was slightly less than running speed on solid ground. Think I can publish the research?

#  Posted 2008-05-21 05:35:13
ccsteve: Or put another way - you went back up the trail to the saddle and then went downhill to the stream;-) yeah - that was fun, but it sounds like you navigated more than you needed to...

Creek back was a ZigZag thing, Orange had a second to last control at ZigZag's control #3 and then had a final control on the hill above control 10.

Real orienteers on the ZigZag would have taken that hilly trail back the whole way and stayed out of the stream;-)

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