Discussion: Glass Wall Incident?
in: Hammer; Hammer > 2013-10-19
Oct 19, 2013 4:16 PM
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It was at my parents' launch of their book in the basement the Carnegie Gallery.
It was one week after your incident and Mick's. I felt left out. :-)
Dark room+Tired absent minded Prof+Glass wall=banged up knee and forehead
#Turbo went to see the slide show in the basement and mentioned that my face had left a smudge mark on the glass wall. I didn't believe him but he was right - "its duckin' there dude". Why is that we can race through rocks at night, in thick forest and have relatively little happen yet have issues with civilization injuries? #faile
It was one week after your incident and Mick's. I felt left out. :-)
Dark room+Tired absent minded Prof+Glass wall=banged up knee and forehead
#Turbo went to see the slide show in the basement and mentioned that my face had left a smudge mark on the glass wall. I didn't believe him but he was right - "its duckin' there dude". Why is that we can race through rocks at night, in thick forest and have relatively little happen yet have issues with civilization injuries? #faile
Oct 19, 2013 4:28 PM
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Bash:
At Nationals, we had head injuries caused by:
- Television on metal shelf (me)
- Wall (Mick)
- Car trunk (some orienteer)
- Bicycle fall (volunteer)
At least 3 of us went to the hospital - not sure about the car trunk person.
Nobody was seriously injured by a tree, rock or wild animal, nor by wading through water at the isthmus. Orienteering is one of the safest activities around compared to living in civilization.
- Television on metal shelf (me)
- Wall (Mick)
- Car trunk (some orienteer)
- Bicycle fall (volunteer)
At least 3 of us went to the hospital - not sure about the car trunk person.
Nobody was seriously injured by a tree, rock or wild animal, nor by wading through water at the isthmus. Orienteering is one of the safest activities around compared to living in civilization.
Oct 19, 2013 5:44 PM
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The "isthmus" discussion is fun to follow. :-)
The isthmus used to be the western end of the lake for a very long time. In the early course testing last year it was only ankle deep at that spot but then in late summer we discovered during the testing that the water was higher. We discussed making it all uncrossable and out of bounds. That discussion took place because of a bonehead complaint from a NAOC 2006 participant that got his feet wet where he wasn't expecting it. In 2006, water levels rose in the week after the maps had been printed due to rains and a new beaver dam. The individual then stated that the courses were poorly planned, the map was wrong and that that GHO weren't capable of hosting properly organised championships. Harsh I know but the individual has since apologized.
Anyway, back to the isthmus. Because it was one of several routes we expected runners to take on the long leg we kept monitoring water depth. I will admit to having used a long stick and control stands on some occasions to stay dry (yes I know that means I can't do an AR with Bash now). The water level has remained pretty stable since mid august (about mid thigh to waist deep). So we didn't think we would have issues like we had in 2006 with beaver activity. I even checked the water depth on the day the maps were printed to make sure. So it was a no brainer to remove the solid black line for the isthmus.
It is funny to think of the comments when one thinks of how wet this year's GRR was.
The isthmus used to be the western end of the lake for a very long time. In the early course testing last year it was only ankle deep at that spot but then in late summer we discovered during the testing that the water was higher. We discussed making it all uncrossable and out of bounds. That discussion took place because of a bonehead complaint from a NAOC 2006 participant that got his feet wet where he wasn't expecting it. In 2006, water levels rose in the week after the maps had been printed due to rains and a new beaver dam. The individual then stated that the courses were poorly planned, the map was wrong and that that GHO weren't capable of hosting properly organised championships. Harsh I know but the individual has since apologized.
Anyway, back to the isthmus. Because it was one of several routes we expected runners to take on the long leg we kept monitoring water depth. I will admit to having used a long stick and control stands on some occasions to stay dry (yes I know that means I can't do an AR with Bash now). The water level has remained pretty stable since mid august (about mid thigh to waist deep). So we didn't think we would have issues like we had in 2006 with beaver activity. I even checked the water depth on the day the maps were printed to make sure. So it was a no brainer to remove the solid black line for the isthmus.
It is funny to think of the comments when one thinks of how wet this year's GRR was.
Oct 19, 2013 6:04 PM
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Bash:
Exactly - or almost any AR. Other than double checking to make sure I wasn't breaking rules, I didn't care if I swam a few meters - although I was pretty sure you wouldn't have allowed it to be legal if the water were that deep (which it definitely wasn't). Because of the heavy rain that morning, I was already wet from the vegetation so it made very little difference.
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