Nadim's comments - by leg
| 1. | I started with Mark Voit who was on Blue. Peter G.started around 8 minutes ahead. Peggy had gone out 4 minutes ahead. J. Brautigam 2 minutes ahead. Mark Dominie 2 minutes behind. Ran a little wild and fairly straight but I spiked it. | |
| 2. | Time Lost: 08:00 | I thought to go around the initial spur but figured it was safe to go straight. I ran on compass bearing and started feeling a little uncomfortable only 250m out. Looking for low ground and a trail that I didn't see, I came up a reentrant that looked promising at first. I thought it was climbing too steeply and didn't have a water course but kept climbing anyway. Eventaully I came upon hillsides that looked good and a control that wasn't my #2. Expanding out and generally east, I found others. Soon I bumped into Peggy who was equally perplexed. After a bit more hunting, I ran into Peter and asked if he was looking for #2 too--he said he was looking for #7. I realized how far off I was and headed straight to it, picking up Peggy along the way. Just before getting there, Ted Good came in to it. |
| 3. | I took the middle road. Ted seemed to go lower. I hit the cliffs SE from the control and climbed to it with Ted coming in from the S just before me and Peggy not far behind. | |
| 4. | Straight. Ted took a lower track and I forget who arrived first--it was close. I didn't drink. | |
| 5. | Across the first reentrant and down along the spur to the reentrant junction in the field. Ted was on my left a few steps behind. I climbed higher and Ted ducked under. I got there just ahead struggling up the last few meters as Mark Dominie was leaving. | |
| 6. | Mostly straight passing Mark Dominie, to the reentrant junction and up, still ahead of Ted by just a little. | |
| 7. | Time Lost: 00:05 | Straight toward a rock face, I stuggled and didn't find it on the other side--perhaps this was unmapped? Ted hit the correct rock just to the left a little higher. |
| 8. | Time Lost: 02:10 | Out the spur, I was about even w/Ted and thought his course might veer off at this point. I turned left after the knoll and went down the spur. I didn't see anything but did see Suzanne Armstrong going to the next spur. I was wondering if I had the right spur and since I didn't see anything, I went to the next. I could tell Ted was still on the first spur. I saw the bare rock and soon turned back. Ted was not in sight but I could see the control just a bit below where I'd been earlier. |
| 9. | Time Lost: 00:45 | Contouring across, I ran over the bare rock and down a reentrant to the big field/reentrant junction. Keeping a bearing, I saw and passed Mark Dominie for the second time and struggled climbing to the road. I dropped-in to the big reentrant but stayed high crossing the side reentrants. Eventually I came to a stop somewhere on some rocks above the stream with another young woman orienteer. I read the map and realized I was too low, turne up and ran two contours to the control. |
| 10. | Time Lost: 01:45 | I drank and had a Gu. As I left, Mark D. had just arrived. He didn't seem to stop to drink. I ran down the reentrant, got very near the bottom and wondered why I didn't see it. Looking back, up and to the right, I saw the control 3 contours above in the cliffs. Mark caught me here and followed me there. This was a poor choice for a control location with few aproaches and dangerous cliffs. |
| 11. | Up the reentrant on the right side, crossing it as it bent right, up and to the boulder. | |
| 12. | Time Lost: 05:30 | The cliff in the middle seemed to require going left or right. I decided to stay high. I crossed the reentrant but for some reason I thought there were two to cross. I stayed high and hit a road. Still looking very near the control area on the map, I didn't see a road and figured it must be new. The meet notes said the entrance road was only just 2 weeks old so I did't feel bad crossing it. I hit a second and started down it a way before reading wider and seeing that I was on the edge of the map. Turning around, I attacked from the road bend, missed low and went over the spur. It took me a while to convince myselft that the spur I saw was the one on the map. Once I did, I climbed right to it. |
| 13. | Time Lost: 00:15 | Across the ridge, I read the reentrant to my left, saw the knolls on my left and kept on, passing Ted Good who was going the other way. I started to pass the reentrant for the supposed saddle but turned back a step or two and looked right to see the control between two cliffs. This was definately not the correct clue for the control and many people had troubles. |
| 14. | Time Lost: 00:20 | Back-tracking to get out, I picked my way down the rocky reentrant and ran across the field to more rock. I was on a good bearing but unconfident since I had trouble reading rock detail along the way. I dropped a few contours and cut right before coming back left. |
| 15. | Over the ridge and straight at it. After crossing the first reentrant, I could see Mark D. and one other younger foreign orienteer headed toward #16. I spiked it. | |
| 16. | Going straight, I eventually gained on Mark and the other orienteer enough to see them ahead and a bit lower. Mark got there first and headed to #17 cutting back in the direction he had just come from. I got there just after the other guy. | |
| 17. | Down the hill with a steady but controlled descent, I could hear the other guy coming. We went around the big spur using the road. I climbed a bit to shorten distance, passing Mark D. The other guy went lower and seemed to get almost ahead but stopped for some reason (tired?). I hit the reentrant, started cutting up and looked ahead. I saw it 70m away up 3 contours and pushed a bit with the confidence that site gives you. | |
| 18. | Straight up, I walked some. | |
| 19. | Too tired for a good run in. |
Total Time Lost - 00:18:50
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