Diary: " slowed down in important parts but still wasnt confident. NO.5 loop 2 slowed down heaps and picked off the feautres but still got it wrong!!!!!!!
i need to have one week of awesome confident orienteering !"
this is waht i wrote after the naseby incident:
"WHY?
what to do differently...look around and identify feautres. Where am i now? Where am i going?
Plan contorl circle slowly and slow down if you havnt identified the features. JUST DONT WING IT"
Mistake 1 no.4
Past all the rock and knew that the control was at the end of the cliff. Knew it was a mound howevere my attackpoint (end of cliff) wasnt good enough. neeede two for this control. I didint plan this control enough. Should have followed cliff line till a small cliff above - 2mins
Mistake 2 No.5
Thicket should have been attack point!!! this control is a warning control! REDLIGHT! but i didnt see it. SO SLOW DOWN AND PLAN! -30sec
Mistake 3 no.8
I felt as if this cotnrol should ahve been more in the centre of the gully so when i got to the centre i stopped. I was too high and since i couldbnt see it i continued to climb. so next time the map is read differently..(or wrong) do not climb higher, find a clear AP -1min.
Mistake 4 no.17
Misread the cliff on the wrong side of the spur. What i learnt :on a cotnrol with lots of detail maybe walk 4 paces, read map clearly..back to basics?? -10sec
MISTAKE 5. No18
ran off from 17 with no clear AP or route choice. Found boulders, knew they were my 1st set but the map to me didint add up. therfore I came back to the 1st rocks ran around a bit found out i was too low. SO i hit the edge of the cotnrol cirlce but i didnt trust myself (or didnt know where i was ..sigh) and i didnt identify the features -4mins
Mistake 6. No.19
Same as 176, shouldhave clear AP and not rusghed off soo stupidl;y trying to chase down angela. I should have slowed down and found the edge of the rocks (north) and come in as ai knew the control was on the northern end and northern side. - 1.30sec
S O in general thoughts to ponder: Where on the leg should i plan the next leg. ??? After i have a clear and confidednt route and plan for the leg i am on?
oceania long:
so from here on all that iam writing was what i have previously written in my O-diary.
- didnt understand or fully get into map until 5
- control 2, 8 mins lost because of misunderstanding of VEG
Looking at map now, not too hard and can see how to do it in under an hour.
wooo relay was fun. bun and i started in the mass start togethor and had an awesome time just jogging around and chatting haha. my team ended up winning i think by the fault and i ended up with a rpetty good time depsite the small mistakes.