10:06 AM. Captains Flat, NSW. Temperature: 18.0 °C
Burned 454 calories.
2016 Easter Carnival - Day 2 - The Murdering Shed Course: M21aSLEDGE 6.3 km 170 m
With a 1 second head start to Slatts, i had a bit of an early advantage here. I let Slatts lead me ahea and then i managed to squeeze him out to get the control first. That was my only goal for the course. I was pretty smooth with navigation, but my pace really meant i had plenty of time to make decisions and read the terrain. I had a wobble to 6 where i left the creek SW of the control on a bearing too far to the east and hit the ridge earlier than planned. Confused myself a little around 8 with not having great map contact at the edge of the circle, but got lucky by spotting people leaving the control. I also thought the control was going to be at the base of the cliff, where it was actually at the top. Should've read the control descriptions. Wiz made it clear i chose the wrong route 11 to 12 where he was moving generally slower in the terrain than me, he passed me by taking the track option which i though was too sinusoidal. Dropped AK on this leg as he decided to navigate independantly, that was a silly idea. I rolled my ankle on th track to 13 which hurt and slowed me down a bunch through the final controls.