wilburdeb's comments - by leg
| 1. |
Bad map reading Bad distance judgement Lacked concentration Lacked confidence Unused to map Time Lost: 02:00 | Bad distance judgment led to disjointed route. |
| 2. |
Unused to map Time Lost: 02:00 | Bad distance judgment and overran attack point. |
| 3. | Kept my head up and saw the control from the trail | |
| 4. | ||
| 5. |
Bad map reading Bad compass work Could not relocate Not thinking clearly Lacked concentration Time Lost: 04:00 | Going out of #4, lost track of where I was on the map. More confusion when I misread the map & mistakenly thought control #21 was #4. Once I got squared away with where I was I found #5 OK |
| 6. |
Hesitated | |
| 7. | Went north fast and let the railway and watercourse lead me to the control | |
| 8. | ||
| 9. |
Bad distance judgement Hesitated Time Lost: 00:30 | Followed the trail along the river. Hesitated at my attack point because of poor distance judgment |
| 10. |
Bad compass work Time Lost: 00:30 | Went West out of #9. Veered to far to the left. But used the water feature as a catching feature/handrail |
| 11. |
Tired Hesitated Time Lost: 01:00 | Ran slow along the trail. Could have run faster to my attack point |
| 12. |
Tired | |
| 13. |
Bad route choice Bad map reading Tired Time Lost: 01:00 | Poor route choice by trying to avoid water. I tried going right around lake but vegetation and obvious distance penalty led me to backtrack |
| 14. |
Bad route choice Bad map reading Bad compass work Tired Time Lost: 02:00 | Ran to wrong side of small lake because of poor map/compass work |
| 15. |
Bad map reading Bad compass work Tired Time Lost: 00:30 | Poor map compass/work |
| 16. |
Bad map reading Bad compass work Tired | |
| 17. |
Bad map reading Bad distance judgement Tired Not thinking clearly Time Lost: 04:00 | Poor distance judging led to leaving the trail way to early. But good map reading to find my attack point later. I also stopped along the trail to explain orienteering to some passerbys |
| 18. |
Tired | Saw control from trail and cut off attack before my attack point. |
| 19. |
Tired | Saw control early and just went for it |
| 20. |
Tired | |
| 21. |
Tired | First time I ever used a fridge as an attack point. Could have run faster along trail to the attack point |
| 22. |
No attack point Bad map reading Bad distance judgement Tired Not thinking clearly Time Lost: 03:00 | Bad distance judgment, failure to keep my head up & lack of a good attack pointled to running right by the feature and the control. |
| 23. |
Total Time Lost - 00:20:30
| Suggested Exercises | |
|---|---|
| endurance | |
| speed | |
| strength | |
| map reading | |
| compass work | |
| distance estimation | |
| relocation/recovery | |
| route choice | |
| route planning | |
| terrain memory | |
| map contact | |
| control flow | |
| concentration | |