Mapping5:16:23 11.74 km (26:57 / km) +93m25:55 / km
Raining in the morning, so started a little later than usual after drafting up the last bit of last week's fieldwork.
Got about 10m from a bald eagle before I noticed it. I watched it for a while, and it watched me as I slowly backed away. I'm not really sure what you are supposed to do with an up close encounter with a bald eagle - but it was pretty cool.
6 PM
Orienteering1:15:00 [1]
Setting out controls for a Red Squad training. Just because I'm up in the Yukon doesn't mean I can completely escape organizing orienteering stuff. It hurt a lot after the hiking.
Hiking4:42:13 13.92 km (20:16 / km) +1380m13:33 / km
Hiking up King's Throne in Kluane National Park with Leif and Pia. I did the first part of this hike back in 2010 (when I was 11!) and got up to just past the seat of the throne, but didn't get very far up the ridge. Got all the way up to summit this time around, despite the rain, snow, and strong winds.
Mapping3:00:46 6.89 km (26:15 / km) +37m25:34 / km
Pouring rain this morning, so watched the live GPS tracking, did some course setting for an event in Salmon Arm next Monday, and a few other useful things too.
Got access to an automatic car, so drove (was kinda weird driving for the first time in a month in a car with a really touchy brake and poor sight lines) up to the map today. Started dumping buckets after three hours of mostly just cloud and only the odd sprinkle, so called it a day and drove back to Afan's.
5 PM
Orienteering1:01:57 3.86 km (16:03 / km) +30m15:27 / km
Last week of Junior Program - Session 1. Group did better than usual, and was able to tell that some people had learned something, others only really learned who to follow...
6 PM
Orienteering1:10:03 4.63 km (15:09 / km) +39m14:32 / km
Session 2 - Much better group as per usual - who you could tell had all learned a lot by the end of the year.