Training Log Archive: CleverSky

Morning final check of controls and waking them up, in the east-central part of Bear Brook. Includes a few minutes to chat with a camouflaged fellow who was standing in a tree and was interested in what we were doing.

Control pickup at Bear Brook, east-central section, not exactly the same ones I checked in the morning. I had the presence of mind to look at the cluesheet to see if there were any water stops, and there was one, so I brought along a trash bag, and after dropping off the other controls on the trail, went in for the water stop (the deepest control) and didn't have to carry all the stuff too far.

Hanging controls in the SW cornner of Bear Brook. I actually had only 13 controls, but I got confused enough when looking for one of them that I relocated by going to find a control that was in Bob Lux's area, and had no trouble navigating in from there. Very casual orienteering, only pulled out my compass a couple of times despite being in very technical terrain. We're using stands so I had them in my giant backpack, which worked well, although it kept me to a walk, and I had to avoid low branches (the stands stuck up well over my head).

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Had daylight left when I got back, so I stopped by Mom's and stacked about half of the wood that she had delivered -- if she's right about the amount, I did about a cord and a half today. And did a few other chores around her yard.