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Friday Sep 29, 2017 #
10 AM
Hiking 43:06 [3] 3.55 km (12:08 / km)
shoes: Icebugs
Around Stratton Brook SP in a back and forth route to try out my new (out of production ergo not too expensive) Garmin 310XT. The track is a lot smoother than what the iPhone yields, probably because of a longer sampling interval. However the GPS accuracy seems less, judging from track disparity when retreading one segment. Starting and stopping the timer is definitely easier than with the iPhone ensconced in a protective arm band or pocket. Hit the lap button at arbitrary junctions and found that the watch records and will show through scrolling the time and distance of each lap. However, it appears that the only export method is via the ANT+ device to GarminConnect and that avenue does not seem to transmit any lap data. I wonder if there is other software that can pull the data off the watch, with or without the ANT+, and without involving GarminConnect website.
Really nice to have some cool weather. Temp about 55F, clear sky, empty woods. Doesn't get better than that.
Really nice to have some cool weather. Temp about 55F, clear sky, empty woods. Doesn't get better than that.
Hiking 43:06 [3] 2.19 mi (19:43 / mi) +53m 18:21 / mi
Sunday Sep 24, 2017 #
Event: WCOC Huntington State Park
Orienteering 1:31:00 [3] 68.0 km (1:20 / km) +167m 1:19 / km
shoes: Icebugs
Unsatisfactory experience at Huntington today trying the Green course. I left #4 convinced I was going n.e. but in fact was going e.s.e. whilst seeing features that seemed right for awhile. After 20 minutes or so of circling around an area 150m south of #5, I walked back to the start. DNF.
First bad omen was punching the Start control and not hearing any beep but only a red flashing light. Repeated, same result. I took off to #1 wondering if Start ever recorded in my dibber.
Second bad omen: went too far left to #1 and took 5 minutes to figure out which swamp was which, finally finding a control that agreed with the map but was #101, not the #31 shown on the map's clue sheet. What's wrong?
Headed off to #2 and doing very nicely, thank you, confirming many fine features along the way, came upon #2 reasonably close, but again the control number was different than what the map showed. Getting annoyed, but figured at this point I'll just tour the map and punch whatever control I find in what looks like the right place, probably be booked as making my own course.
Found controls at locations 3 and 4 but again the wrong control box numbers.
No idea how I then headed 50 degrees off intended azimuth. Saw a green patch that I figured was the pond I was expecting but just dried up. Then unexpected stone walls appeared. I was lost and should have back tracked to alleged #4, but the brain was fried at this point. I knew my race was over, but I stuck around for awhile to search for alleged #5 before turning south to follow any trail going s or se.
Upon checking out Rick looked at my map and lamented that I had picked up one of the green maps that didn't have the revised clue sheet pasted on the front. Eh, that didn't excuse my mistake leaving #4.
First bad omen was punching the Start control and not hearing any beep but only a red flashing light. Repeated, same result. I took off to #1 wondering if Start ever recorded in my dibber.
Second bad omen: went too far left to #1 and took 5 minutes to figure out which swamp was which, finally finding a control that agreed with the map but was #101, not the #31 shown on the map's clue sheet. What's wrong?
Headed off to #2 and doing very nicely, thank you, confirming many fine features along the way, came upon #2 reasonably close, but again the control number was different than what the map showed. Getting annoyed, but figured at this point I'll just tour the map and punch whatever control I find in what looks like the right place, probably be booked as making my own course.
Found controls at locations 3 and 4 but again the wrong control box numbers.
No idea how I then headed 50 degrees off intended azimuth. Saw a green patch that I figured was the pond I was expecting but just dried up. Then unexpected stone walls appeared. I was lost and should have back tracked to alleged #4, but the brain was fried at this point. I knew my race was over, but I stuck around for awhile to search for alleged #5 before turning south to follow any trail going s or se.
Upon checking out Rick looked at my map and lamented that I had picked up one of the green maps that didn't have the revised clue sheet pasted on the front. Eh, that didn't excuse my mistake leaving #4.