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Saturday Jun 24, 2017 #
Event: Nitrogaine III
10 PM
Orienteering race 2:00:00 [5] 6.35 mi (18:54 / mi) +429m 15:37 / mi
shoes: Solomon Speedcross - Green
Nitrogaine III - Part I
Topo the Mountain with KFish
Maps were handed out at 8 p.m. and the whole course fit on a single piece of paper! Planned a CW route that included all the CPs and hit the highest density of points first. Seemed optimistic to clear, but we made time estimates based on scalex distance that hit everything within the 8 hrs. It was an easy choice to drop two points (48/58) later on that would give us an extra 30 min if we got behind.
We were with a big group for the first couple flags. Started to clear out as we headed to the SE section with Igor. Hit the point on the power line and it was so thick to get out to the trail. I think we could've gone swimming in the greenery. Missed the trail on our way to 57, but quickly realized and turned around. Found $5 at 54! Punched just before Eric who we led to the flag. Took a bad bearing to 68, and it was super thick, so we ended up too far W. Thought we had drifted the opposite way so turned W to look for the flag. Realized what had happened when we hit the spur at the end of the swamp and turned around. Finished up the Silver Lake section after that. Didn't see a whole lot of people, which I thought was surprising given the shorter races offered this year. Thanks to hosting in the area before we found the indistinct trail on our way to 78, but when we came back out headed the wrong way down the trail for a bit. Decided to cross the swamp from 80 to 60. It was really wet, but saved quite a bit of distance. Hit the road after 34 at 2 hr and 50 min, which was close to our goal time of 2.5 hr. And we had 30 min to play with, so I was really happy with how we were moving.
Topo the Mountain with KFish
Maps were handed out at 8 p.m. and the whole course fit on a single piece of paper! Planned a CW route that included all the CPs and hit the highest density of points first. Seemed optimistic to clear, but we made time estimates based on scalex distance that hit everything within the 8 hrs. It was an easy choice to drop two points (48/58) later on that would give us an extra 30 min if we got behind.
We were with a big group for the first couple flags. Started to clear out as we headed to the SE section with Igor. Hit the point on the power line and it was so thick to get out to the trail. I think we could've gone swimming in the greenery. Missed the trail on our way to 57, but quickly realized and turned around. Found $5 at 54! Punched just before Eric who we led to the flag. Took a bad bearing to 68, and it was super thick, so we ended up too far W. Thought we had drifted the opposite way so turned W to look for the flag. Realized what had happened when we hit the spur at the end of the swamp and turned around. Finished up the Silver Lake section after that. Didn't see a whole lot of people, which I thought was surprising given the shorter races offered this year. Thanks to hosting in the area before we found the indistinct trail on our way to 78, but when we came back out headed the wrong way down the trail for a bit. Decided to cross the swamp from 80 to 60. It was really wet, but saved quite a bit of distance. Hit the road after 34 at 2 hr and 50 min, which was close to our goal time of 2.5 hr. And we had 30 min to play with, so I was really happy with how we were moving.