Training Log Archive: vlin

Event: QOC Combat Village
 

QOC Combat Village. Lots of green slowed me down, made me go around things and lose my bearing. Never got a good feel for the map and terrain, was not able to navigate off too many easily identifiable features. Very few trails, took longer road options whenever available to avoid the green. Contours were subtle. When I got to many of the controls, the terrain did not look like what I thought it would. Some controls locations were difficult to see. Many times I was not confident reading the terrain and just followed footprints, and it worked out ok. Didn't make any major mistakes.

Blue - Splits

Prince William Forest team training event / Underground race. Finding flagging using USGS topo maps. Maps with little detail, and some difficult locations. I blazed the path in the snow as the first one through the advanced section. Thought I was going to clear the course on foot, but the medium difficulty section had some thicker vegetation than I expected.