Tundra/Desert's comments - by leg
| 1. |
Bad map reading Confused parallel features Time Lost: 01:30 | Started out quite excited and got fairly upset when I did not find the control on the one boulder directly E. Checked out all the rock features SW of the control, then came back. |
| 2. |
Did not check features en route Did not like map Confused parallel features Time Lost: 05:00 | Was still too excited and rushed out of #1. Got things under control fairly well halfway through the leg but totally lost it near #2; made two missed approaches from the south, checking out all the vague reentrants S of the control. The most likely explanation is that I confused the two little swamps N of the green swamp before the control, and was too far south. Chris Gross (+1) and Karolina Khurshid (-1) looking there as well. Did not see Eddie. |
| 3. |
Bad compass work Time Lost: 00:50 | Left #2 going W instead of SW and crossed the lake in the process. Realized how much time I lost when I saw Karolina punching at #3. Erin (+5) was there, too. |
| 4. | Had a VERY HARD time keeping up with Erin up the hill. | |
| 5. |
Confused parallel features Time Lost: 00:30 | Found Peter Andersen (+4) at #4. We went low around the big hill, then up Mountain Trail. I cut in a little better than Peter but got confused in a parallel reentrant directly E of the control. |
| 6. | Nailed it ahead of Peter and Jim Baker. | |
| 7. | Time Lost: 01:20 | What's the deal with the red X's across the swamp? And which box do I check for "did not read meet director's notes"? |
| 8. | The pace dropped down quite a bit. Peter apparently preserving the lead, I am cooked and all the little abdominal/internal/back muscles that never get utilized running in the concrete jungle are now hurting. | |
| 9. | An uninspired jog to the finish. | |
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Total Time Lost - 00:09:10
| Suggested Exercises | |
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| map reading | |
| compass work | |
| distance estimation | |
| map memory | |
| map contact | |
| concentration | |