1. | I didn't have control codes with me and they weren't on the map which I manually copied either. I started-up the left side of the reentrant for #1 then wasted time crossing it to the control. I guess the feature was a cliff but it was small. | ||||||
2. | I probably should have gone high on this. Instead, I cut reentrants in an S-curve left to right. | ||||||
3. | I left going high and over the saddle. This dropped me down into the main valley well. I came up the spur initially, then across to the control. There was a good bit of water. I opened a jug. | ||||||
4. | +01:00 | I was doing okay on this even though I lost track of where I was getting to the road. Once across there, I read better. I kept thinking I needed to be more right but didn't recognize that I was going down the spur. I had thought the spur would be more prominent and that I'd know if I were going down it but it was only a formline spur; much broader than I thought it would be. I corrected and others were there punching. | |||||
5. | +02:20 | I thought this one would be easy. I descended the reentrant from the saddle, crossed and turned right. I saw the control but when I had copied the map, I had circled a boulder and the control was not on a boulder. I didn't have control descriptions to check the code with so I went on. I convinced myself that I hadn't crossed the spur yet. Finally at the next big reentrant I turned around. | |||||
6. | I went fairly straight over the ridge and across the reentrant above the stream confluence. | ||||||
7. | I thought about the field but it appeared to be too much up and down to be worth the added distance. Also, my map was folded in the plastic in a way that I couldn't see the field well. I crossed the first reentrant and used the ruined barn to set me straight. | ||||||
8. | +00:35 | I read this correctly initially and told myself to keep to the left of the reentrant. While going down, I noticed the saddle on my right. I looked at my map again and saw that the control was past and below such a saddle so I veered away to the wrong saddle. Once on the knoll, I saw the control and worked my way there using the trail. | |||||
9. | +01:00 | I thought about going to the road but remembered old courses where it wasn't very helpful. Also weighing in was a thought that I should practice navigation more. I chose to go across through the woods. The problem was that I didn't plan it out. I got up to the trail and started to go higher to the next but then turned around. I followed the trail I had first crossed to the next intersection. I lost my place and didn't pause to check it. I presumed I had been there before and could remember the map sufficiently to go on. When I saw the barn, I realized I'd gone too far. I cut right and paralleled the trail where some cyclist were descending. I zig-zagged partly on and partly off-trail to just near #4 again. From there it was easy to go over the ridge and follow the reentrant down. It seemed a long way. I picked-up the pace at the end to out-run another person. Time lost is for poor execution; If I accounted for the bad route it would have been more. | |||||
10. | +00:30 | I ran up the reentrant when I should have cut more steeply to the right and out of it. I ran on the wrong side of the ridge, got caught-up in some green and had to cross back. I used the open rough which was mapped with black vertical lines, to keep me straight. I first saw and ran to the big depression and was surprised to see the control ahead on such a small, albeit deep enough pit. | |||||
11. | It seems like I've done this leg many times. I went through the rough open to the road, then cut in after the small knoll. As I approached, I could see Francis Hogel leaving. | ||||||
12. | +00:10 | I ate a Gu at #11. I was thirsty but there were only a few drips of water in the single jug. I took some and left some. Leaving, I swung wide to the left. I crossed the road and angled over toward the trail. I crossed and unmapped boulder before hitting the trail and catching Francis. The far side of the stream looked thick so I stayed on the side I was on and cut right on the trail. I watched the left bank for contour changes and saw what I was looking for near where a couple was stopped staring. I ran right across w/o stopping and went up. I cut right a bit before seeing it and another person on my left. | |||||
13. | +00:45 | I followed the animal trail to the creek and got on the maintained trail. I left it at the appropriate bend and descended the spur. I had to correct for drift leaving the trail. Once at the bottom, I crossed the stream and climbed. I thought I was perhaps climbing too high but when I got into the area, I was too low. Fortunately for me I recognized it. Neither the control nor the pit was visible until I'd climbed high enough. | |||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:06:20