Orienteering (middle: green) 36:45 [3] *** 3.5 km (10:30 / km) +105m 9:08 / km
ahr:145 max:162 spiked:5/11c shoes: VJ Falcons 2021
Lost a substantial amount of time on #2. Overall, somewhat sloppy, definitely unlucky, and not very fast (walked much of the uphills). Majority of my problems were Map/printing related. Some of my difficulty was because they didn't cut the circle/lines and they hid features I was trying to navigate by.
#1: Ignored the trails. ran general direction to the steep part of the hill then along hill to the reentrant. Saw the reentrant but no control. Stopped to read the map more carefully. It had to be the correct reentrant. Control turned out to behind a tree from where I was standing.
#2: Ignored the trails again. Other than to cross to the second one. Ran up to where the bend started up the hill and cut into the control. This is where the trouble started. I was having difficulty reading the contours. I saw a control on a marsh ahead of me. I figured it was marshes south of the control and cut up accordingly. At the worst I figured I would get to higher ground and see the control behind me. That didn't happen. Eventually, after wandering, I came to the major stream/reentrant west of the control. From there I cut back to the same marsh I had seen before. I checked the control and it was mine. I was not happy. Looking closely at the control there is barely a marsh under a charcoal platform. The marsh was much more noticeable than the "supposed hill" the clue description listed. I lost more then 5 minutes becuase of this clue description.
#3: control line should have been cut. Again lost some time because on my approach the control was behind a tree. I hesitated trying to decide if I was in the correct reentrant. I was.
#4: Straight. Intent was to get to the flatter area and see the depression. I got up there and saw the control off to my left. Ran to it only to find it wasn't my control. It was in a depression under the control line. I cut back over to the correct depression.
#5: Straight. Spur was obvious from my approach so went right to the control.
#6: Plan was to go straight. I hit the first trail and took it to tip. Apparently the wrong tip. I cut in and hit the 2nd trail. Second trail? Realized I was on the main trail east and ran to the bend and cut into the control.
#7: Straight. Ran across the gap in the marsh but couldn't find it on the map (under the control circle). Lost some time as a result but did go to the control.
#8: Straight. No problem.
#9: Straight but I drifted left. Followed steep edge to control.
#10: Straight. Hesitant but no problems.
#11: Did not like how this was mapped. Forest areas on both sides of the trail looked the same in terms of green but I just kept going. No problems.
#12: I had already seen that go control was on a trail that looked to loop around. Everyone followed the trail instead of cutting through the woods but I had already judged that through the woods was best route. I didn't follow the trail and cut through the woods.