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NEOC Spring Rock Festival and Intercollegiates: Red 2

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1. +04:00UGLY! Headed N but must have veered badly to R, crossing NS trail rather than expected EW trail. Wandered up NS ridge, then must have again crossed NS trail without realizing it. Ultimately bailed out to NS trail E of control and relocated on stone wall.
2. SE, run through field, to road, then in by stream.
3. Straight, passing E of stone wall intersection.
4. Down to saddle, follow stream, in below larger cliff then over small spur.
5. On line to below large cliff, traversed just N of boulder-strewn slope, expected flag to be lower, but not visible so looked over shoulder and saw it just above me. Agree with others than flag may have been NW of circle.
6. On line, cutting through gap in mountain laurel 75 m to E of flag. Green next to control seemed to extend further S and E than mapped.
7. +01:20Left without good plan and dropped elevation pointlessly. Eventually climbed back above control and ran past slightly before appreciating significance of row of cliff faces on my right
8. +00:20Straight over broad ridge, down broad spur. Checked out 2 small unmapped cliffs higher on ridge.
9. Down along stream, up on trail through green.
10. +01:00More N than intended through green, but eventually down to stream and long uphill climb. Poor conditioning a factor.
11. +00:40S of green, working way to road, but drifted more S than intended. Cut through field and straight through marsh which was fine. However, N around green initially seems better in retrospect.
12. +00:30Knee suddenly became cranky on way to 12. An issue, especially on downhills for rest of course.
13. +00:30Took R trail, but L trail certainly superior. Cut corner at stone wall intending to take trail down, then cut down slope anyway as it appeared runnable even with balky knee.
14. Conditioning, conditioning, conditioning.
15. Walk to stone wall, but at least line straight.
16. On line, cut through corner of field. Failed to appreciate barbed wire which proved an issue for some.
17. +00:20Stayed below field, then drifted too high past field before appreciating light green below me.
18. On line, to stream, then briefly along stream to stone wall which appeared closer to stream than mapped.
19. +00:15Too far S of line forcing steeper and more painful descent than necessary.
F. Avoided sand, probably unnecessarily.

Total Time Lost - 00:08:55


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