Orienteering race (Long Distance) 3:56:00 [3] 8.5 km (27:46 / km)
spiked:10/14c slept:8.0 shoes: Hi Tec Magma Run
Nav Stock Long Course. Started out fine and was heading to 3 but got completely behuddled when I ended up 100 m north of the control. This area is my own personal Bermuda Triangle, getting lost here in the Snow Raid. After 1.5 hours of random searching saw Hans and others and asked Randy Kemp where I was? Hit control in 5 minutes and was off with 1:20 to complete the course. Hit controls well from there on until coming back to 10 and ended up lost in the triangle again. From previous wandering, finally figured out where I was and hit 10. Meet Mark Adams collecting controls and he mentioned I could finish if I was quick and beat Nina to the controls. Hit 11 and decided to pick up the controls as I must be the last out there. Finished without seeing Nina but meet Sue with the 4 remaining controls. Learned Pierre was still out there. Yeech!! Anyway, Jim, Sue and Jeanette got things straightened out and Nina, Pierre and Mark returned.
Brutal day out in the Copeland forest!!
