johncrowther's comments - by leg
| 1. | So good to be in a big competition again, after a long break | |
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Bad compass work Confused parallel features Time Lost: 08:00 | Chose the path route, and then made the same mistake as several others - ended up in the re-entrant system to the East of the one I should have been in, and didn't notice it was curving to the SE instead of the SW. Reached the first big junction and realised where I was, but had to go back over the hill to the correct re-entrant system. |
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Confused parallel features Bad distance judgement Time Lost: 00:30 | Thought and earlier ditch junction was the one I was looking for, and got confused. |
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Bad distance judgement Disturbed by others Time Lost: 02:00 | Saw someone I knew on the same course going down the wrong spur. Thought "he's going the wrong wayt". Just after I overshot the control. |
| 7. | Time Lost: 01:30 | Lost track of my position going up the hill, and ended up doing more climb than necessary. |
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| 9. | Straight up a gap in the rocks to the south of the control. | |
| 10. | Was cautious at the top, to ensure I was going down the correct spur. | |
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| 12. | Down the stream. | |
| 13. | Not sure of the point of this leg (unless it was to stop people going over the top on 12 and doing a dog leg). | |
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| 16. | Time Lost: 00:20 | The course setter's notes warned against tripping over ruined fences. Which is what I did leaving the control. |
| 17. | Cut round to the concrete bridge where the dirt road crosses the creek. | |
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| 19. | Running across the field seemed to take forever. | |
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Total Time Lost - 00:12:20
| Suggested Exercises | |
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| map reading | |
| compass work | |
| distance estimation | |
| concentration | |