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| # Posted 2008-07-17 04:27:19 | |
| bubo: | Looking through your course with you earlier tonight I didnīt feel it was such a disaster as you describe it. Some of the routes could certainly have been altered and some of the shorter legs had a tendency to sometimes become something else than you planned.
Iīve been out in the terrain so I understand why this is so - it IS really hard to get through some of the high grass and denser vegetation and still be totally sure of where you are. From the trainings weīve run earlier in the past week weīve learned to avoid vegetation whenever possible - so a bit more trail-running would have been in order. Apart from that your general sense of route choice and navigation seemed to be good - donīt be too hard on yourself - you just didnīt have any luck in finding some of the controls causing unwanted time-loss. |
| # Posted 2008-07-17 04:45:52 | |
| Sswede: | Hang in there! I'm glad you got to go and hopefully you'll get to enjoy the surroundings. |
| # Posted 2008-07-17 10:11:40 | |
| GregBalter: | In that terrain you must be very aggressive on trails - taking advantage of running speed, when you leave the trail - precise compass work and distance measurements, provided that you know 100% the place you left the trail. Most of American orienteers I know do not take enough advantage of trails and most course setters do not let us learn it, courses designed to minimize trail and road running. |
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