Jerritt's comments - by leg
| 1. | Could see control from the trail | |
| 2. |
Bad compass work Time Lost: 00:45 | 180 degree error. Fixed immediately, but took time to be certain |
| 3. |
Bad route choice | went north around spur. Should have gone along red line. |
| 4. | Went right to it. Control hidden. Nearly left to check another location | |
| 5. | Up the re-entrant to open area, then to control. | |
| 6. |
Bad distance judgement Time Lost: 01:30 | Confident of route, but got sucked in by closer re-entrant. Being cautious, |
| 7. | Countured around large spur. | |
| 8. | straight south on bearing. | |
| 9. | Up the hill south of 8. Along top of ridge. Attacked from above. Wonder if creek bed would have been faster. | |
| 10. |
Bad route choice Time Lost: 01:00 | Went through tall grass along creek. Woods would have been much faster. |
| 11. | followed around the creek | |
| 12. | Took cautious route west along trail, over the creek, NE to small stream, then NE to larger re-entrant. Faster route possible | |
| 13. | Aimed off to hit trail by private property, then right to control | |
| 14. |
Bad route choice Bad map reading Time Lost: 01:00 | Left control going wrong direction. Looked at the map and planned to go around private proprty, then north. Took a second look at the map, and realized that was a bad choice. Went back past the control and to 14 |
| 15. | Legs fairly tired going up large hill to finish |
Total Time Lost - 00:04:15
| Suggested Exercises | |
|---|---|
| map reading | |
| compass work | |
| distance estimation | |
| route choice | |
| route planning | |