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Saturday Aug 20, 2011 #
Event: ICO Canoe Orienteering
Event: WMTBOC 2011 - Vicenza, ITALY
10 AM
ARDF 2m 2:30:00 [3] *** 9.3 km (16:08 / km)
2m ARDF at Mt Airy, set by k4bri. He promised long. I told him I really didn't want to do a long course, but I felt like I needed a coach to say, "Matt, you need to do a long course." Time an estimate. No watch.
Today was more-or-less a disaster. Woke up without watch. Knew where it was---charging next to the laptop. Walked out the door without it.
I arrived at the park at the wrong location. I called Brian, started my car, drove 300m, and my car stopped. Smell of burning rubber. I called Brian, he picked me up. Grabbed my stuff. Crap. No shoes. Search car. Find steel-toed shoes with metatarsal protection. Wear them. Leave car. Forgot a map. Brian loaned me his. Forgot compass (which I had in the car, I just didn't grab it). Couldn't find my O'pants when I left the house. Wore shorts. Got kinda scratched up.
Okay. Start course.The first 700m (inside the exclusion circle) are all on a trail that obscures bearings from the rest of the park. I probably should have bailed to the road (on the ridge crest), but I didn't. Got to the end of the exclusion zone thinking 3 is gonna be right outside the circle. But it wasn't. Bailed to road. Wow. 5 is pretty strong---better grab it, and head into woods. Not on this spur, go down-up to next. Wait for it, since I've gone far enough based on the strength. Nope, not far enough. Keep going. Down, little up. Wait. Nope, not far enough. Little down, big up. Look around. Wait. Oh, there it is.
Next 4. Finally start to get some bearings for the other transmitters. Looks like 54132. Get 4. Get 1. Head out sunset ridge for 3. Go about half way. Signal not nearly strong enough. Must be on the other side of the finish exclusion zone (it's a long course, right?). Go big down big up to frisbee golf area, up towards 2. Hmmm. 3 is not obviously out where I expected. I hope it's there. Get 2. Head toward (wrong) side of exclusion circle where I figure/hope/expect 3 to be. 3 is getting stronger. Good sign. Stronger still. Looking good. Wait at the quarry area. Nope, not far enough, must be on the knife-edge spur. Nope. It's back on Sunset Ridge. I'm too tired to get it---too much climb. Crap. Head in to finish. Over 9km, measured by OCAD.
Did 5412(3) (missed 3, too tired to get it). Best order was probably 31542, with way, way less climb than I did. Looks like the best order would give you a minimum of 5km, probably more like 6. So---messed it up pretty bad. Basically, I missed 3 at the end of the start exclusion, then again when I was there after 1. The biggest difference between a short ARDF and long ARDF course is that order really really matters on the long courses. I knew that Sunset Ridge is a nightmare ARDF location, and I should have checked it thoroughly when I was close by the first time. And the second time.
Some good news. Felt really good on the early climbs. Seems like I'm much better aerobically.
Car will be okay. Alternator seized. Should be a few hundred bucks and 2 or 3 hours of wrench-turning.
Today was more-or-less a disaster. Woke up without watch. Knew where it was---charging next to the laptop. Walked out the door without it.
I arrived at the park at the wrong location. I called Brian, started my car, drove 300m, and my car stopped. Smell of burning rubber. I called Brian, he picked me up. Grabbed my stuff. Crap. No shoes. Search car. Find steel-toed shoes with metatarsal protection. Wear them. Leave car. Forgot a map. Brian loaned me his. Forgot compass (which I had in the car, I just didn't grab it). Couldn't find my O'pants when I left the house. Wore shorts. Got kinda scratched up.
Okay. Start course.The first 700m (inside the exclusion circle) are all on a trail that obscures bearings from the rest of the park. I probably should have bailed to the road (on the ridge crest), but I didn't. Got to the end of the exclusion zone thinking 3 is gonna be right outside the circle. But it wasn't. Bailed to road. Wow. 5 is pretty strong---better grab it, and head into woods. Not on this spur, go down-up to next. Wait for it, since I've gone far enough based on the strength. Nope, not far enough. Keep going. Down, little up. Wait. Nope, not far enough. Little down, big up. Look around. Wait. Oh, there it is.
Next 4. Finally start to get some bearings for the other transmitters. Looks like 54132. Get 4. Get 1. Head out sunset ridge for 3. Go about half way. Signal not nearly strong enough. Must be on the other side of the finish exclusion zone (it's a long course, right?). Go big down big up to frisbee golf area, up towards 2. Hmmm. 3 is not obviously out where I expected. I hope it's there. Get 2. Head toward (wrong) side of exclusion circle where I figure/hope/expect 3 to be. 3 is getting stronger. Good sign. Stronger still. Looking good. Wait at the quarry area. Nope, not far enough, must be on the knife-edge spur. Nope. It's back on Sunset Ridge. I'm too tired to get it---too much climb. Crap. Head in to finish. Over 9km, measured by OCAD.
Did 5412(3) (missed 3, too tired to get it). Best order was probably 31542, with way, way less climb than I did. Looks like the best order would give you a minimum of 5km, probably more like 6. So---messed it up pretty bad. Basically, I missed 3 at the end of the start exclusion, then again when I was there after 1. The biggest difference between a short ARDF and long ARDF course is that order really really matters on the long courses. I knew that Sunset Ridge is a nightmare ARDF location, and I should have checked it thoroughly when I was close by the first time. And the second time.
Some good news. Felt really good on the early climbs. Seems like I'm much better aerobically.
Car will be okay. Alternator seized. Should be a few hundred bucks and 2 or 3 hours of wrench-turning.