Tough Lew Kidder course.
#1 - Figured I was in the right place, but couldn't make sense of where to go next
#3, misread the "hammerhead" spur and veered a bit, but corrected off the indistinct trail, phew
#5 - tried to pro line it without a bearing and misread the contours. Also misread the clue sheet and looked for a rock pile instead of a clearing. Figured once I hit the trail I may as well shortcut the powerlines back and then use the strong trail corner. It started off runnable - some sort of game trail. Then it got thick, but I felt committed and tried to push through, collecting pounds of burrs. Pretty easy from that trail corner!
#6 - had a good line going until 100 m to go, then choked and ignored compass, luckily tripped on the fence and used that to relocate. ARGH
#7 - missed west, but the ridge was subtle. Happy I caught it and doubled back and correctly guessed I missed west.
#8 - I had a good run going until I somehow missed it. I thought I went up the west reentrant, but gps says otherwise. So I just didn't see it?? ARGH. I was flying for the first half. Fun swamp shortcut was mid thigh!
#9 - seemed short of the center of the circle, and that matches up well with gps.
#10 - I lucked out and approached from the road, so I nearly tripped over it en route to the marked reentrant, so I suffered no time penalty for the misplaced flag.
#11 - took via #12 to make sure I could find 12. It worked! Saw Mark V and tried to hold him off.
#13 - the clearing looked wet, so I fought around it.
#14 - I may have sandbagged just a tiny bit to pad my finishing leg. :-)
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