Training Log Archive: mikeminium

Event: OLOU Orienteering at Jefferson Memorial Forest
 

Started out as a fun course with fairly easy navigation, but the second misplaced control (well outside the circle) cost me several minutes of searching. The third misplaced control cost me another 15 minutes, and I never did find that one. At that point the steep and thorny terrain just became a slog.

C • mp's 10

Walked back with Skyler and Jordan to check out a missed control on yellow course. The control was visible from the trail, but was mis-placed far enough to be outside the control circle.

Jogging back from checking out the control with Skyler and Jordan.

On the way home, we stopped to pick up some control stands from Flyingsquirrel and Ben. Then we swung by to visit with AddisonB. AB was a bit sore, but is recovering well.

From there, took the boys across the flooded Ohio on Anderson Ferry - quite a treat as none of them had ever been on a ferry before. The water was thick with logs and debris - I would not have wanted to be out there in a small boat!

C • Ferry 12

C O Harrison. Checking trails and school grounds for upcoming school program. Very disappointing. Trails are getting quite overgrown and two bridges are in disrepair - one with a few broken deck boards, the other totally ruined.

Sky, Jordan, Brennan, Alex, and Jamie also made the rounds with maps and found a few odds and ends to update.

Deer Creek. Minor updates. This is the first time in years that I've been to DC when the leaves aren't out. The whole map definitely needs a full scale reworking - modern photos and lidar will be so much better than the usgs and blank paper approach originally used. But that's for a future project.

C • Deer Creek project 8

WWMSP - Memorial loop with Jeremy. Pretty wet and sloppy conditions.

With Brennan, Skyler, and Jordan

Armco Park. Mostly updating a new trail.

Training run around College Corner with Jordan.

Preliminary fieldwork at Story Woods.

C • Where is this? 6

Orienteering training with Union County kids. Ran about 1/2 mile trail as a warm up. Started the kids on a 1 hour declining score O, in very light on-and-off drizzle. I gave the middle school kids about a two minute head start on the high schoolers.

Less than 15 minutes into the course, Keee-rackkk!, the thunder rolled, and I had to sound the air horn. As kids returned, I sent them scampering back down the trail back to the van.

A few more flashes and rumbles accompanied our retreat, but pretty quickly passed.

Everybody had found a few points; the high school gang had already surpassed all of the middle schoolers in points.

Present (9):
HS: Alex, Jamie, Nathan
MS: Eric P, Noah P, Luke, Jordan, Skyler, Nick

C • Alex, Jamie, Nathan 2

setting controls.