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Race Evaluation

Gay City NEOC Meet: Red Course

EWhite's comments - by leg

1. Did not check features en route
Time Lost: 01:00
Includes 3:38 to copy map. South of lake, slightly out of contact with map to S end of cliff. Didn't like looks of marsh so went to intended attack point at N end of cliff then across to control.
2. Ran cautiously - bounced off stone wall (more ruined than map indicated) that led to control feature.
3. Did not read control description
Hesitated
Time Lost: 00:20
Rough nav between marshes. Hesitated at circle because I wasn't sure what feature I was seeking.
4. Bad map reading
Time Lost: 02:00
Major error - failed to note the first and larger trail on map. Veered R to reach it at marsh than spent some time looking for control reentrant from N-S section. No reentrant, so looked at map and relocated.
5. Spike! E of marsh, attacked from neck of spur with large boulders.
6. Rough nav across spurs to trail. Around S end of marsh, past boulders to control.
7. Time Lost: 00:10Around S end of green then veered slightly right correcting from end of stone wall S of control.
8. Bad map reading
Time Lost: 00:20
Took trail to the W, then around N end of marsh - probably not the best route, but I wanted to work on navigating at speed, not thrashing through green. Control feature (contour) pretty tenuous - I aimed too far R from stone wall at N end of marsh.
9. Failed to copy onto my map! Arrgh! George Walker enlightened me later.
10. Straight from #8 - handrailed ridge top, though camping area and down ride. I figure I would have picked up 9 in about another minute.

Total Time Lost - 00:03:50

Suggested Exercises
map reading
map memory
map contact
control flow
concentration


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