wilsmith's comments - by leg
| 1. | Easy enough first leg - just be careful from the road in. Went in a little early on purpose just to be sure. | |
| 2. |
Read map too late Bad map reading Confused parallel features Disturbed by others Time Lost: 00:15 | Took off fast into the valley and started to read in detail a little too late. Saw Viktoria Brautigam going up a spur (too early), and since I wasn't sure where exactly I was I went up that same spur. Realized this partway up and started to correct but basically lost about 15 sec on hesitation and bad route. |
| 3. |
Bad route choice Did not like map Time Lost: 00:05 | The reentrant shown on the map actually continues nearly all the way to the paved road - and so to avoid climb I went onto the paved road "around" the reentrant. Viktoria went straight and took the same amount of time despite my faster pace - so another 5 sec gone here. |
| 4. | Straight on, no problems | |
| 5. |
Bad route choice Did not like map Bad distance judgement Time Lost: 00:15 | First problem went straight across the valley and this was slower- should have gone around to right. Then, there was a (smaller) rootstock along the line about 20m before the control and I went to this and checked it first, before looking up and seeing a larger rootstock - the one with the control. Total time lost is about 15 sec |
| 6. | Straight, no problems | |
| 7. | Straight, no problems | |
| 8. |
Bad route choice Time Lost: 00:20 | Again a bad route choice - I went straight rather than going to the right around the valleys. The valleys in Pig terrain are ALWAYS effectively deeper than shown, because of the steep ravine/ditch at the bottom which prevents maintenance of speed going across them and adds 1-3 meters of depth. Should have gone to the right. |
| 9. | Basically straight, no problems | |
| 10. |
Bad route choice Time Lost: 00:05 | Again went straight, not so sure how much it cost here... |
| 11. |
Bad route choice Time Lost: 00:15 | Was just a little bit to the right of the line and ended up crossing the valley where the two reentrants join, again crossing a "gully" in the base of the reentrant. Bad move again. |
| 12. | Straight, no problems. | |
| 13. | Straight, no problems |
Total Time Lost - 00:01:15
| Suggested Exercises | |
|---|---|
| map reading | |
| compass work | |
| distance estimation | |
| route choice | |
| route planning | |
| map memory | |
| map contact | |
| concentration | |