Nadim's comments - by leg
| 1. | Slow and tired--I walked some but spiked it. | |
| 2. | Around to the left, I spiked it but it was dumb luck. | |
| 3. | Time Lost: 02:00 | Contoured around and missed too high. I was on coming back. |
| 4. | Hesitant. | |
| 5. | Time Lost: 00:45 | I never saw Ted leaving #4 but he saw me. Down to the trail, I didn't realize there were actually two until crossing the creek and climbing a bit. I recovered quick, getting to the second trail and attacking from the rock wall. Ted got there coming more directly and was just in front of me. |
| 6. | Chasing Ted up to the trail, I passed him as he paused to read. I attacked from a rock just past the stream crossing. Ted converged after going to another rock first. | |
| 7. | I rough compassed and used a deer trail through the ankle grabbing stuff. Ted started to go much more left but fell in behind. As I got close, I paused and he passed me. Time included drinking since I had to wait for Ted to punch first. | |
| 8. | Across the road, Ted lead chasing another guy. He started to go right at the stream, where others were going. I saw the knoll to my left a little and did a double-take to make sure it was right. I moved toward it as Ted realized ahead of me at a second later, so he got there first. | |
| 9. |
No attack point Bad route choice Did not plan ahead Read map too late Time Lost: 04:00 | I went around to the left, leap-frogging with Ted as we both paused to read. Another guy who went high for the trail, came out at the same time a the stone wall. After the stone wall, I lead up to the marshy saddle. I cut left thinking it was better running up high than on the hillside but it was harder to read where I was then. Unsure and faced with multiple reentrants ahead, I went in, despite seeing Ted and the other guy go in much more right. I missed by only a little but turned left into the big reentrant. I turned around after passing the last cliff and when seeing a stone wall. Coming back I went right to it and saw Pavlina B. get there just ahead, from the opposite direction. |
| 10. | Time Lost: 00:30 | I went around the cliffs left despite seeing Pavlina go right. I corrected but she was long gone when I got there. |
| 11. | Used the stone wall to key-in after the stream. | |
| 12. | Time Lost: 00:45 | Caught sight of Pavlina and closed-in by staying higher. As she cut left to contour somewhat around the big reentrant before the control, I went straight across and passed her. I saw a trail blaze and thought I was on target but I looked left an high, saw a control, doubted myself and went to check. Pavlina passed under an lower beating me there. |
| 13. | Another woman was near Pavalina. I chased down after both, getting there just after they did. | |
| 14. | Passing both woman by the time I hit the trail, I sprinted ahead. However, like yesterday I wasn't able to read carefully enough. My map was printed offset a bit so it looked like the circle was centered left of the trail. I slowed to watch left as I ran. Finally there I punched only a little ahead of Pavalina. | |
| 15. | I thought I ran hard on the run-in but looking a the times, I guess I was just slower. |
Total Time Lost - 00:08:00
| Suggested Exercises | |
|---|---|
| map reading | |
| route choice | |
| route planning | |
| map memory | |
| map contact | |