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Sunday Jul 8, 2012 #
Orienteering race 1:02:28 [3] *** 5.7 km (10:58 / km) +205m 9:17 / km
24c
Middle distance DE @ Blauenpass
An ok race, not great, not terrible, quite slide-y - it was steep! Sam and I finished all of 3s apart (she just got me!), but were both surprised to finish 2 and 3 in the Elite category, just 2 min down to Lena E. Theory is Lena probably wasn't racing all-out and there weren't really any Swiss women around, between WUOC and their WOC training camp. Anyways, I'll take 3rd! =)
For my race, was adjusting to several things out there, probably the biggest shock was the tiny-ness of many rock features. Boulder = dissolving pile of limestone rubble, often and a cliff is much the same, except more integral to the hillside... Trails were helpful, but many legs were set so that they weren't that helpful. I went into it thinking about finding solid attackpoints, especially for controls that didn't have helpful features nearby. I at least identified controls that needed such attackpoints, but gosh is it hard to find useful attackpoints! Maybe need to have a bigger search radius, or use different features than I'm used to...
1 - Fine, up trail for a bit, then down, along edge of yellow field, then a bit extra left of the line, hit indistinct trail, but used it to attack from it's junction with another trail. Good AP.
2 - Short leg to a ditch in green. I went on a bearing and pace counting, stopped pace counting from when I found my first ditch-like thing, followed it up, no control. Continued on, but felt like too far... About face, above greenish stuff, found id. No AP. =(
3 - Straight on compass+ noting distances between trails I crossed. No AP.
4 - The trail looked fast, but I saw no way to know when to leave it, so I went with right route, which was a bit junky, but took me straight into control. AP = end of yellow OOB, worked.
5 - On bearing to indisitnce trail by depressions, across powerline. AP = hilltop on indistinct trail, worked.
6 - A pure exercise in contouring. Which is hard on such steep stuff! Wiped out at least twice, was really wishing I had spiked shoes! (Don't think they'd solve all probs, but must be better!) Punched control on first cliff first, a super-nearby identical feature, glad I checked code... AP = rocks earlier and above, but didn't see. AP fail.
7- Oh, whoopsie, I didn't head straight up from the control, means I went through unmarked in terrain OOB, which was *not* faster as it's green, so was just a bad call in all ways. Due to stress of realizing I was in OOB, no AP, but used (this time) giant cliff. No AP.
8 - Wanted to continue down reentrant, through depression, then head outside of mini-ridge. AP = mini-noise above boulder, saw control before I could use. Poor AP, but an many-featured area, so not punished.
9 - Um, so I entered field under electric fence, when I had decided I had just passed the trail junction, but then stressed that I wasn't actually yet in the non-OOB yellow bit, eep! But I think I was in the end, and aimed to the right bit to leave yellow, and then some momentary panic about red-and-white tape marking something OOB, but nope, just barbed wire on the ground. AP = semi-open patch, worked.
10 - Eh, should have just gone on-line, used yellowish zone of powerline too long, too far down. AP = field corner, didn't need to use.
11 - Up, up, up, on bearing. Attacked from trail at end of green.
12 - Side-hill to trail, to drinks control, down semi-open stripe. Good.
13 - Down to road, back in from bend
14 - Terrible one. Attempted straight on compass, but may not have been right on it at the very start, so starting the dedicated bearing from the road = not good enough. Tangled + confused in green for awhile, re-attacked from a marginal trail bend, as it was all I had.... prob 2 min?
15 - To trail and back, maybe could have pulled off straight? Trail safer though.
16 - I used ride nearby, went down it to green, then straight up. Spiked
17 - Scarry, when to leave trail? Again, when it turned green. Ah, must get used to using vegetation!
18 - Down trail until earth bank on right, then in. Solid.
19 - Eep, ugly leg. Down definitely better, but when to turn up? Wanted to see double boulder, but wasn't super confident in that as boulders = indistinct here. Saw somehting I thought was a boulder, ended up being a tree, kinda lucky, still close enough to the right place I basically headed straight to control... hm. Hannah + Sam pointed out using trail flattening = a good idea.
20- Tumble down hill, then a bit along trail to end. Should have had better plan, kinda lucky/distance spider sense on this one.
21- Straight to, noted first patch of greenness then control was right there.
22- Amazingly, I just counted rides up to my left. Not super-duper fast, but they were evident when you lined up with them, so came in solidly.
23- Straightish, then in from above the cliff along stream, using height as a guide.
24 - GO control, easy.
2052/2000
An ok race, not great, not terrible, quite slide-y - it was steep! Sam and I finished all of 3s apart (she just got me!), but were both surprised to finish 2 and 3 in the Elite category, just 2 min down to Lena E. Theory is Lena probably wasn't racing all-out and there weren't really any Swiss women around, between WUOC and their WOC training camp. Anyways, I'll take 3rd! =)
For my race, was adjusting to several things out there, probably the biggest shock was the tiny-ness of many rock features. Boulder = dissolving pile of limestone rubble, often and a cliff is much the same, except more integral to the hillside... Trails were helpful, but many legs were set so that they weren't that helpful. I went into it thinking about finding solid attackpoints, especially for controls that didn't have helpful features nearby. I at least identified controls that needed such attackpoints, but gosh is it hard to find useful attackpoints! Maybe need to have a bigger search radius, or use different features than I'm used to...
1 - Fine, up trail for a bit, then down, along edge of yellow field, then a bit extra left of the line, hit indistinct trail, but used it to attack from it's junction with another trail. Good AP.
2 - Short leg to a ditch in green. I went on a bearing and pace counting, stopped pace counting from when I found my first ditch-like thing, followed it up, no control. Continued on, but felt like too far... About face, above greenish stuff, found id. No AP. =(
3 - Straight on compass+ noting distances between trails I crossed. No AP.
4 - The trail looked fast, but I saw no way to know when to leave it, so I went with right route, which was a bit junky, but took me straight into control. AP = end of yellow OOB, worked.
5 - On bearing to indisitnce trail by depressions, across powerline. AP = hilltop on indistinct trail, worked.
6 - A pure exercise in contouring. Which is hard on such steep stuff! Wiped out at least twice, was really wishing I had spiked shoes! (Don't think they'd solve all probs, but must be better!) Punched control on first cliff first, a super-nearby identical feature, glad I checked code... AP = rocks earlier and above, but didn't see. AP fail.
7- Oh, whoopsie, I didn't head straight up from the control, means I went through unmarked in terrain OOB, which was *not* faster as it's green, so was just a bad call in all ways. Due to stress of realizing I was in OOB, no AP, but used (this time) giant cliff. No AP.
8 - Wanted to continue down reentrant, through depression, then head outside of mini-ridge. AP = mini-noise above boulder, saw control before I could use. Poor AP, but an many-featured area, so not punished.
9 - Um, so I entered field under electric fence, when I had decided I had just passed the trail junction, but then stressed that I wasn't actually yet in the non-OOB yellow bit, eep! But I think I was in the end, and aimed to the right bit to leave yellow, and then some momentary panic about red-and-white tape marking something OOB, but nope, just barbed wire on the ground. AP = semi-open patch, worked.
10 - Eh, should have just gone on-line, used yellowish zone of powerline too long, too far down. AP = field corner, didn't need to use.
11 - Up, up, up, on bearing. Attacked from trail at end of green.
12 - Side-hill to trail, to drinks control, down semi-open stripe. Good.
13 - Down to road, back in from bend
14 - Terrible one. Attempted straight on compass, but may not have been right on it at the very start, so starting the dedicated bearing from the road = not good enough. Tangled + confused in green for awhile, re-attacked from a marginal trail bend, as it was all I had.... prob 2 min?
15 - To trail and back, maybe could have pulled off straight? Trail safer though.
16 - I used ride nearby, went down it to green, then straight up. Spiked
17 - Scarry, when to leave trail? Again, when it turned green. Ah, must get used to using vegetation!
18 - Down trail until earth bank on right, then in. Solid.
19 - Eep, ugly leg. Down definitely better, but when to turn up? Wanted to see double boulder, but wasn't super confident in that as boulders = indistinct here. Saw somehting I thought was a boulder, ended up being a tree, kinda lucky, still close enough to the right place I basically headed straight to control... hm. Hannah + Sam pointed out using trail flattening = a good idea.
20- Tumble down hill, then a bit along trail to end. Should have had better plan, kinda lucky/distance spider sense on this one.
21- Straight to, noted first patch of greenness then control was right there.
22- Amazingly, I just counted rides up to my left. Not super-duper fast, but they were evident when you lined up with them, so came in solidly.
23- Straightish, then in from above the cliff along stream, using height as a guide.
24 - GO control, easy.
2052/2000
10 AM
Hiking 30:00
Oh, ok, that's why it was supposed to take 35min to the clothing-drop!
Started out with a little jog with Hannah and Boris through the village, but then headed off on a trail through this really amazing gorge with a little stream and some waterfalls and caves, we also chatted with Seline Stalder, a Swiss orienteer who caught us on the way up.
Started out with a little jog with Hannah and Boris through the village, but then headed off on a trail through this really amazing gorge with a little stream and some waterfalls and caves, we also chatted with Seline Stalder, a Swiss orienteer who caught us on the way up.