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Sunday Sep 8, 2019 #
Paddling 15:00 [1]
Very gentle paddle near Neals Cove (where my tent was). I have not been in a boat since my accident, and I've forgotten a lot of the body position required. Getting into the water, I was trying to push off without stepping into the water with one foot. Instead, I capsized the boat and went in up to my waist while still half on land. =:-O
Then, a very gentle paddle to see if the paddling motion exacerbated any arm or shoulder musculature. If it did not, I could offer to pick up some Canoe-O controls.
Then, a very gentle paddle to see if the paddling motion exacerbated any arm or shoulder musculature. If it did not, I could offer to pick up some Canoe-O controls.
Orienteering 1:39:00 [2] ***** 5.87 km (16:52 / km)
shoes: Falcon
Green course. I considered (briefly) dropping to Brown, which was printed at the delightful scale of 1:7500 instead of 1:10 000. However, it was only 2.9k, and I wanted to have a go at redeeming myself. So I chose Green, 4.4km/100m. We were on the Big Island; I mostly walked, with occasional jogs when there was a good collecting feature.
No problems reaching 1, 2, 3, 4. Then I overshot 5 to the NW and relocated about 200m from the circle. Then no problems finding 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and the finish. There was a delightful leg from 6 to 7 just S of Burnham Marsh, on a steep sidehill. Glorious open woods, some occasional mossy boulders, and the navigation was made easier by ticking off major islands about 150m prior to the control.
No problems reaching 1, 2, 3, 4. Then I overshot 5 to the NW and relocated about 200m from the circle. Then no problems finding 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and the finish. There was a delightful leg from 6 to 7 just S of Burnham Marsh, on a steep sidehill. Glorious open woods, some occasional mossy boulders, and the navigation was made easier by ticking off major islands about 150m prior to the control.
Paddling 33:00 [1] 2.57 km (12:50 / km)
Collecting a few Canoe-O controls. Managed not to capsize the boat. Although I did make a parallel error on the shortest leg between controls, between 3 (island) and 2 (cove connecting to the main body of land).
I have forgotten much about the fine maneuvering of the boat.
I have forgotten much about the fine maneuvering of the boat.
Saturday Sep 7, 2019 #
Orienteering race 2:56:00 [2] ***** 7.0 mi (25:09 / mi)
shoes: Salomon trail shoes
Pawtuckaway Green course, nominally 4.1k/140m climb. Winning time was 41 minutes(!).
Not a good day in the woods for the home team. Although I (thought I) fully recharged my Garmin Thursday night before leaving for work on Friday, when I powered on, it said Low Battery and turned off. Dang. That, coupled with flailing around trying to find the 1st control, made me come back, change watches to just a time-of-day (not even multi-split capable :() watch, and get a new start time.
2nd start. Still failed once more to find #1 on the first try, but eventually found it. OK to 2 and 3, then went walkabout going to 4. I first found 5, then thought, oh, this should not be too difficult to do 5-4-5, but I somehow managed to reach 4 then go on a scenic tour of central Pawtuckaway swampland before regaining contact and finding 5.
Then, to 6, which was maybe 125-150m from a trail. I still managed to botch this control, making several attempts, and getting quite flummoxed in the process. At one point, I found a control (not on my course) and was ready to dnf, when a Red runner came up and I asked him to show me where I was on the map. His control was about 25m from the trail, and I once again botched finding 6. So I bagged it, bailing to the east to pick up the trail somewhere. While walking back to the finish, I decided to try to find 8 to the end, which I managed OK.
Bleah.
Not a good day in the woods for the home team. Although I (thought I) fully recharged my Garmin Thursday night before leaving for work on Friday, when I powered on, it said Low Battery and turned off. Dang. That, coupled with flailing around trying to find the 1st control, made me come back, change watches to just a time-of-day (not even multi-split capable :() watch, and get a new start time.
2nd start. Still failed once more to find #1 on the first try, but eventually found it. OK to 2 and 3, then went walkabout going to 4. I first found 5, then thought, oh, this should not be too difficult to do 5-4-5, but I somehow managed to reach 4 then go on a scenic tour of central Pawtuckaway swampland before regaining contact and finding 5.
Then, to 6, which was maybe 125-150m from a trail. I still managed to botch this control, making several attempts, and getting quite flummoxed in the process. At one point, I found a control (not on my course) and was ready to dnf, when a Red runner came up and I asked him to show me where I was on the map. His control was about 25m from the trail, and I once again botched finding 6. So I bagged it, bailing to the east to pick up the trail somewhere. While walking back to the finish, I decided to try to find 8 to the end, which I managed OK.
Bleah.
Note
With copious thanks to jima, who lent me a Garmin charge cable, I recharged my Garmin for Sunday, and verified that it behaved well while walking from the pavilion to and from my campsite.