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Saturday May 25, 2013 #
Event: NEOC: Nobscot
7 AM
Orienteering 1:00:00 [1]
24c
Putting out controls at Nobscot. We were clever and snuck into the water control from the North, woo! And then I did the Northern set leaving from there, returned to home base and went out to do the closer Northeastern set.
Upon return, got half changed, but then a troop of boyscouts needed some lessons, so did that. I should maybe observe someone who is actually good at teaching 12 year-olds orienteering. They were going out on a white course, so normally I'd skip the whole trying to do anything with a compass part, but the scout leader seemed keen in particular that they learn that, so attempted. One kid didn't get it at all though, got frustrated and started crying, so I guess I didn't do that well... Was slightly a frozen popsicle after that bit of standing around, so had some in-the-car time after!
Upon return, got half changed, but then a troop of boyscouts needed some lessons, so did that. I should maybe observe someone who is actually good at teaching 12 year-olds orienteering. They were going out on a white course, so normally I'd skip the whole trying to do anything with a compass part, but the scout leader seemed keen in particular that they learn that, so attempted. One kid didn't get it at all though, got frustrated and started crying, so I guess I didn't do that well... Was slightly a frozen popsicle after that bit of standing around, so had some in-the-car time after!
1 PM
Orienteering race 20:44 [4]
The great Brown-course sprint-off. =) Ian got me though, I really missed a control because I saw the path route, but when I didn't get to it quickly, skipped that plan and just meanered, ran into a trail, thought 'finally' and booked it for a bit, but then I checked my compass- wrong trail. Not good! The correlation between which splits each of Ian and I won and which controls we vetted + set seems to be significant =)
2 PM
Orienteering 1:10:00 [1]
Just wanted to say, it was great to see everyone at the meet and catch up in little bits and pieces!
This was control pickup, end of a longish day, but I did it without a compass to make it more interesting, which it kind of did. Messed up once fairly badly, but then again, that's in the section of map I'm not thrilled with. Hot cocoa from DD afterwards was pretty amazing. =)
This was control pickup, end of a longish day, but I did it without a compass to make it more interesting, which it kind of did. Messed up once fairly badly, but then again, that's in the section of map I'm not thrilled with. Hot cocoa from DD afterwards was pretty amazing. =)