Saturday Jan 5 |
 | Orienteering 1:00:00 [2] ** 4 km (15:00 / km) | |
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| Once again a highly approximated time. Today there was an "Orange" course. Really more like long Yellow given the map and terrain constraints. I started by hiking out to the third control to basically be a control sitter and watch for the kids coming through. I was pretty worried when the first kids through were the ones who had started lastest and they took over 40 minutes to get to my control. But others started finding their way (number 2 had been quite difficult in comparison to what they'd done so far). When Harvey got to me, taking up the rear, I hiked with him through the rest of the course and we ended up picking up the last few controls once we were sure we were the back of the pack. |
Friday Jan 4 |
| Orienteering 58:30 [4] * 3.6 km (16:15 / km) | |
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| Progressive course at Zero to Orange. |
| Hiking 1:10:00 [2] * | |
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| Time is a rough estimate. I'm not really sure how much time I spent hiking around this afternoon. There were two courses White and Yellow. To take advantage of some further away spots the White was a one-way course. Then the yellow started at the White finish and looped back to the parking area. I started out early and pre-hiked the White course, then worked the finish. I also spent some time hiking around looking for some kids who had gotten off on an unmapped trail. Then I hiked back along part of the yellow course and then went back out to pick up a few controls. |
Thursday Jan 3 |
| Orienteering (Score-O) 59:00 [4] * | |
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| I went up to Eureka, CA to help Bob Turbyfill with a Zero to Orange class. Today was mostly classroom lecture with a Score-O at the end of it. Pretty much all White level controls, with a few off-trail bushwhackers. The map was modified USGS with trails added by a relative novice. Considering that, he did a decent job, but it still meant being careful not to take the map as literally as you usually would. Terrain was somewhat steep and green redwood forest. Much like LA in the sense that taking a trail was generally always the fastest route. |