orienteering (Kooyoora saunter) 43:00 [2]
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
The simplest, though hardly the most practical, way to make me happy is to let me loose on Kooyoora with a map. I embellished a relocation exercise from the 2008 SA junior camp while the others went rockscrambling. It was wonderful! (And shin felt less worse on softer ground and in running shoes.) Only problem was, I couldn't decide whether to simplify like a good orienteer should or to pick off every rock for the pleasure of identifying them...
The trip home really was a drag. I would have much preferred to stay and camp at Kooyoora (good thing I won't be needing to choose between a June long weekend there or in the Flinders this year, because that would really be a tough choice). It's a measure of how tired I was that I voluntarily asked John to drive home from Keith (ain't nobody touches my steering wheel but me, usually). And I hadn't even done the long race!
Assessment of the weekend: I can still orienteer, and am maybe navigating smarter than I used to, though I'm unlikely to be much faster in the terrain this year. I don't have to worry about being the weak link when it comes to NOL team points any more - with luck, my points won't need to count at all :)
Hilarious moment of the weekend: when we got to Diamond Hill so early that no one else was there, Jim was still putting out controls, and there was a large brown bag, which had previously held control stands, lying on the ground. Shortly afterwards the bag had enveloped Lauren so that only her legs and gaiters could be seen below it, Simon was poking at her with a stick but she couldn't see him through the bag, John was taking photos, and I was laughing so hard that I had to sit down....