Orienteering race 41:05 [4] 5.7 km (7:12 / km)
spiked:11/12c shoes: Mudclaw O+340
BFLO - Camp Schoellkopf - Red
I wasn't sure when I arrived if this was a Scout only event as the place was busy w/Scouts. But it was open to all. Just like the last time I was at the camp, a course transfer from the master map to your map was required. I don't have any issues with this, but I wouldn't mind having to do this on the clock to make it interesting.
The camp has some great terrain, but it is split down the middle by a generally uncrossable creek - so the course setting has some restrictions. Anyway, the first half was on the less busy, east side with more open woods. I used the compass effectively on two legs (3-4 and 4-5) that didn't have the close-up attackpoints. The second half was on the west side which has quite a few building and roads. We still had a tough leg from 9-10, which called for a straight line run through the woods and more precise navigation. I hit it pretty well, but for some reason missed the flag on my first approach. I went up the reentrant, then down - passing the bag twice before noticing it was hanging between two trees. Stayed off trail to #11 and the rest was just managing the roads and hills.
Perfect day for an event and I was glad I made the trip. The drive back on the backroads was quite nice with all of the colors.
Orienteering 18:15 [3] *** 2.3 km (7:56 / km)
spiked:7/9c
BFLO - Camp Schoellkopf - White B
Unofficial run. Was a bit tired and not too focused. Missed one pretty badly.