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Saturday Mar 30, 2019 #
Event: OK: Slough Creek
12 PM
orienteer 1:04:17 [3] 5.3 km (12:08 / km) +150m 10:38 / km
Local OK event at Slough Creek, We first mapped this area in 1978, but haven't used it in about 20 years. Mike made a new map this winter and Gene set the courses.
I worked registration in the cold and windy conditions. When the first finishers started to arrive, I decided it was time to go out.
I changed clothes and reached into my gym bag for my purple case that holds my glasses, compass, e-stick, etc. And it wasn't there. I was completely baffled; it is always in my gym bag. I guess I did something different last weekend in KY.
So that meant I had to borrow an e-stick and compass. I had no magnifier or glasses; and no water bottle carrier. This would be different conditions for me.
I had also forgotten how lousy our loaner compasses are (my fault, I bought cheap Chinese compasses). They fluctuate quite a bit. I kept drifting right on the first leg. Once I noticed that, I just used the compass for very rough guidance of what was north. Reminded me to pay more attention to the topography, any way.
This was a fun course, and Gen hung the markers high enough to be seen. I settled down after 1, and had only minor bobbles the rest of the course.
The water is really high in the lake, and at the stream near 7, so I had to go out of my way to find a safe crossing route to get to 8.
We had a decent turnout for a cold, rainy day. A few newcomers, but only 1 who said they saw our Facebook ad. We've had bad luck with the weather this winter season, and our attendance has been about half of what it was last year.
http://sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user=map...
I worked registration in the cold and windy conditions. When the first finishers started to arrive, I decided it was time to go out.
I changed clothes and reached into my gym bag for my purple case that holds my glasses, compass, e-stick, etc. And it wasn't there. I was completely baffled; it is always in my gym bag. I guess I did something different last weekend in KY.
So that meant I had to borrow an e-stick and compass. I had no magnifier or glasses; and no water bottle carrier. This would be different conditions for me.
I had also forgotten how lousy our loaner compasses are (my fault, I bought cheap Chinese compasses). They fluctuate quite a bit. I kept drifting right on the first leg. Once I noticed that, I just used the compass for very rough guidance of what was north. Reminded me to pay more attention to the topography, any way.
This was a fun course, and Gen hung the markers high enough to be seen. I settled down after 1, and had only minor bobbles the rest of the course.
The water is really high in the lake, and at the stream near 7, so I had to go out of my way to find a safe crossing route to get to 8.
We had a decent turnout for a cold, rainy day. A few newcomers, but only 1 who said they saw our Facebook ad. We've had bad luck with the weather this winter season, and our attendance has been about half of what it was last year.
http://sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user=map...