tstrat's comments - by leg
| 1. | Started 4 minutes behind Eddie. Joked with Jon T about catching him by the 2nd control | |
| 2. | Went to the right of the swamp. Carefully read my map before attacking from the trail bend near the M in Merkel. | |
| 3. | Caught up to Eddie! | |
| 4. | Followed the edge of the clearing, then followed the earth bank N to the bend before heading east. | |
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| 6. | Skirted the many areas of standing water. I will have a very different approach when we come back through here after #11! | |
| 7. | Feet still dry! | |
| 8. | Aimed off left to avoid the worst of the green and swamp. When I reached the end of the swamp I headed south and spiked it. | |
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| 13. | Back out the way I cam in, then attacked from race track trail. | |
| 14. | Read the ponds. | |
| 15. | Hesitant until I figured out what those contours were. | |
| 16. | Was worried about this one, so I went all the way to the trail junction west of the control. | |
| 17. | Didn't realize I was looking for a hill, and got distracted by the unmapped clearing before the control. | |
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| 19. | I always get disoriented in this area, and I headed west out of #18. Eventually got back on track and took the right trail. Followed the wrong ditch to the north and head to circle back when I realized I was almost at the RR tracks | |
| 20. | Getting tired now and brain not working too well. Waded the streams Headed west after crossing the second stream but stopped short of the control. Relocated when I saw flowing water in one of the streams -- must be the main channel. | |
| 21. | Followed the linear lake north to end then straight. Drifted a little left but realized it when I saw the U-shaped dry ditch. | |
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| 23. | Man that seemed like a long way back to the bridge. | |
| 24. | Stumbled around a bit before I finally forced myself to read the map. | |
| 25. | Waste-deep in water on the way out of 24. Duh. | |
| 26. | All I could do to keep jogging. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:00
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