Orienteering1:27:02 [1] 3.05 mi (28:32 / mi) +105m25:47 / mi ahr:99 max:168
Stopped to talk to like 6 hunters. They weren't excited when I shared that an O meet would be coming through. One said "does it have to? Can you move it?" Shared that it was already approved by the park.
Orienteering2:38:59 7.74 mi (20:32 / mi) +334m18:07 / mi ahr:137 max:177
Interesting to do this before Livelox..
1, fine...went to 2, and realize now I was too far north (I definitely drift which I have been working on) and saw a streamer and no flag and just plain PANICKED. Ran back to S/F...and thankfully I was wrong, but kinda threw me!
3..fine was with Jens because I worried that maybe I went to the wrong control?
Anyway on to 4, went too far south, noticed my error and pulled myself north, then back straight W for 5. Took the trail to the spur for 6.
6 to 7 I didn't really know the best way, so I decided to go with the biggest features I could muster. I landed at the gully just NW of 7, but realized quickly where I was and got in there. Going to 8 I entertained the trail/grassy area/trail for a moment but decided it would work going cross country. Landed on the trail nearby just south of the hill.
Going to 9 I almost veered to the big swamp, checked my compass and realized it wasn't north, corrected, over short then got back to it.
10 I decided that I could travel the trail faster (looked flatter) to the big reentrant -- when I got there reaized the spur was better that led me to the RE, hill big D around the big hill to the point.
11 and 12 I set, and decided to take the trail to the white hill and go around the green. I had a couple of exits with terrible green and just didn't move well. Used the big depression to the north to attack. I headed north and kept getting pushed west. At least I realized it so when I got where i thought I should be, I knew I needed East!
Going to 13, I floated too far north. I think I followed the beautiful spur too far north and then nothing was matching and came out about 50m north of what I wanted, then overshot my RE by about 25m.
14 I drifted and had to correct and 15 I thought I was on the southern trail, hit the northern and by the time I checked my compass realized I was just a few m short of OOB. ARGH! Bushwhacked N.
I think by 14/15 my brain wanted to turn off. Good day in the woods tho!