Training Log Archive: mintore

A hard wake-me-up with Aidan; cruddy through the woods, nice decending to the falls and then beyond to the lower domes but coming back required too many stops to breath.

Dixie National Forest

Little Wildhorse Canyon - Bell's Canyon loop in the San Rafael Swell, UT at a spirited walking pace. What better way to spend Independence Day.

A snippet of the Little Wildhorse Canyon - Bell's Canyon loop in UT. Slot canyons are super cool

Ran with Aidan back into the canyon to get some photos since the camera was sitting in the back of the car for the original loop.

Event: Western Canadian Orienteering Championships 2015
 

Backpacking from Right Fork of Swamp Canyon, off trail through the swamp to Sheep Creek, getting some water and then the hike out of Bryce Canyon. A snack then a quick road walk back to the Top of the Rim trail for some views above and back to the car.

Most of a hike to Singletree Falls

A pleasant stroll with a pack past the Hat Shop to our campsite.

Bryce is such an inspiring canyon (as are the other canyons and hoodoos along the Paunsaugunt plateau). I was happy to have the chance to stay below the rim.

Set up and a couple of runs up a top rope at Practice Rock, City of Rocks. Very out of practice.... 5.8

Checking out Indian Tunnel and Dewdrop caves. Pretty tame but still fun with a bit of crawling

Craters of the Moon, ID

Tree molds trail. Cool depressions remaining after the lava flowed through a mature forest. You could even see the bark pattern in one of them.

Everything good but the sunburn.

Craters of the Moon, ID

A steep walk with a mile of run in the middle on the North Rim Trail at Craters of the Moon in ID

Meet 15, course 25 - Gold Rush Middle

My best and worst middle at an A-meet. I had a mostly good run on a great course by Sergey; a couple of controls that I burnt a minute-90s extra on because I became detached from my map and only one really large 5 min error (I drifted too far below a trail and ended up trapped across a gorge, the solution being tied to me recognizing that I needed to get across and be on the other side of the next hill, I should have played it safe). Even with this, there were many small victories; some nice lines, stretches of good focus, some ability to transition between coarser and fine nav, and tricky controls hit bang on, so yip! The worst part is that I missed the middle of three controls in a straight line and mp'd, 1st time ever at an A-meet. As Ken mentioned separately this week, it happens... Just went on and enjoyed soaking my feet in the creek and the promise of a week in the wilds of the west.

(Yes, and I reveled in the glory of besting Aragorn in the finish split challenge; separately, he could enjoy his nice results from a very solid set of Green courses....harmony)

Red-middle - Splits