Race Evaluation
West Point A meet: Green 2X
walk
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Did not plan ahead Underrated difficulty Ran too fast Read map too late Did not like map Frustrated Disturbed by others +04:30 | Down trail to bend in main trail, up to R into open space to knoll, over knolls but see Rick Lavine coming up out of woods with lost look and heading R so head that way without go look left. Go over into thick woods and see stone wall can't identify and very green stuff with Quonsett hut beyond. Back out S down hill in open area I can't identify but small building - just not the right shape. Back up and wander in woods more checking position, finally head N and see bag. Argh - awful start after such a good Day 1. | |||||
| 2. | Dwon hill, pass hut, and get small trail trhu green. Check code and head to W side of hill. | ||||||
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| 4. | See Rick in distance on bridge and fly across, very stable - nice. Cut off trail up spur to hill on E. | ||||||
| 5. | +00:30 | Ran top of hill along L, down to end of wall but don't see NW part and corner, just Michael Commons giving advice. Realize there is an extension on long leg of wall, look down see other section and bag. | |||||
| 6. | Across open space, cut around green to rocks. | ||||||
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Bad route choice Did not plan ahead Did not follow plan Did not check features en route Took a chance Did not like map Confused parallel features Frustrated Disturbed by others +06:00 | Around green but lose position, see opening to R and cut thru, hit small hill, go L and hit road. Figure out where I am, way short of where I thought I was. Run road as it gets muddy (remember this from last year) and just catch R turn. Head along and cut in as small hill appears, cut across small marsh, head R towards rocks but see no bag. Go to large one near fallen tree, no bag but several rocks in area, none 1.5 m. Not sure which are mapped. Crawl under tree looking for more rocks then note vague spur to SW and reentrant facing me. Head back around tree and see bag behind rock behind where I started. | |||||
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Bad route choice Did not follow plan Did not check features en route Underrated difficulty Read map too late Bad map reading Confused parallel features Not thinking clearly Lacked concentration +06:30 | Head along line, Cross small ditch, then stream. Start climbing reentrant seeing major rock/boulder field and cliff system in reentrant to R. Climb using this as good handrail. Climb and climb and hit blueberries and climb. Things aren't developing right! Finally climb to spur W of hill of control and look down on marsh. Oooops. Head directly to control. Easy from this direction. | |||||
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| 10. | R around marsh, up bare rock to bag. Slow climb. Lots of berries. | ||||||
| 11. | +01:00 | L around cliff, head towards long hill and over but nothing but blueberries. See john Goodwin and some other Reds continue on down hill. Think I'm at right level and see possible spur to R. Head over and see tip of punch. | |||||
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Did not check features en route Underrated difficulty Read map too late Did not like map Bad map reading Bad compass work | Good turning control. | |||||
| 13. | +03:00 | Total misread of map - think need to contour along reentrant falling down to W, so hold height and contour around, making compass work. Finally can't find rocks and see big rock features can't place on map. Also slope now doesn't line up. Adjust map and compass and look straight at a slope. Realize I was dealing with a spur not reentrant - Arghh! Head around and straight down - same feature used last year. | |||||
| 14. | +01:30 | Contour around hill, cross saddle/marsh and head around L side of hill. Fight blueberries along and see spur and reentrant develop. Slow going, need more running in crap. | |||||
| 15. | +01:00 | Thought about going L around hill down by marsh, then figured climb wan't that bad, so straight over and down. Crossed small trail to L of road circle on edge of cleared area, followed line of cliffs down and over spur to bag. | |||||
| 16. | +01:00 | Continued down reentrant. Other routes looked very rock strewn. Cut R around bottom of rocks along edge of marshes to road. slow | |||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:25:00