GPS = 5.59 miles and 291 climb
Error time ~ 32 minutes
Route
Ah, in previous years I would have been super thrilled with this effort, but I think I could have done so much better today... Next year!
After an error to #2, I was very happy with my plan and execution for legs 2-5. Totally blew 5-6-7, and I would have quit when I wasn't finding 7, but it was a long way back, and I hadn't really been out there that long. So, I hung in there for the moral victory.
On the way to 8, there is a little sideways right turn and then back,just before I got on the trail. It looks small, but it was actually key, because I stopped myself from going off where I shouldn't have been going.
Controls 8-9-10 were pleasing, 10 especially because I caught the fact that the cup was a little further down the trail then the reentrant, and I crossed over without any extra climb. The end of the route to 11 was a good recovering for me, recognizing where I was and fixing things before it got ugly.
Finished on empty.
Ended up in 3rd place for the weekend with Peggy 1st, S Pepper 2nd (moved up with a fine effort), me holding onto 3rd, with Janet skipping a control on a course two weeks prematurely.
It was an excellent weekend of orienteering.