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Saturday Mar 22, 2008 #
Orienteering 1:44:00 [3]
shoes: Ecco GTX + Screws
Hilton Hardrock. (Time's approximate)
I started out running carefully on the crust with snowshoes strapped on my pack. Things went fine to control 4 where I ran into Mique, and as always I orienteer worse with another runner. We were a bit sloppy to 5, allowing Tiny and Nosnhoj to catch up. This was even worse, as we're the same speed but Tiny can nav faster and it would become follow-the-leader, so I stopped at the next control and put on my snowshoes while the lads took off.
Snowshoes weren't really any faster than running, but now I could go wherever I want instead of trying to find firmer tracks, so I did the rest completely solo, eschewing any tracks I found, taking my time and doing a lot of direct bearings for practice. I messed up 10 a bit but nailed the rest quite well, and had a lot more fun.
Thanks to Bender for hanging the flags nice and high, rather than under rocks!
I started out running carefully on the crust with snowshoes strapped on my pack. Things went fine to control 4 where I ran into Mique, and as always I orienteer worse with another runner. We were a bit sloppy to 5, allowing Tiny and Nosnhoj to catch up. This was even worse, as we're the same speed but Tiny can nav faster and it would become follow-the-leader, so I stopped at the next control and put on my snowshoes while the lads took off.
Snowshoes weren't really any faster than running, but now I could go wherever I want instead of trying to find firmer tracks, so I did the rest completely solo, eschewing any tracks I found, taking my time and doing a lot of direct bearings for practice. I messed up 10 a bit but nailed the rest quite well, and had a lot more fun.
Thanks to Bender for hanging the flags nice and high, rather than under rocks!