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Saturday Oct 28, 2017 #
Event: WCOC Simsbury Town Forest
8 AM
Hiking 19:15 [3] 1.05 km (18:15 / km) +18m 16:50 / km
Hiking 50:01 [3] 2.43 km (20:37 / km) +48m 18:46 / km
Sunday Oct 22, 2017 #
Event: WCOC Ansonia Nature Center
10 AM
Orienteering 1:33:02 [3] 6.23 km (14:56 / km) +174m 13:06 / km
shoes: Icebugs
A hot and cold performance at Ansonia in excellent weather. I blew 5, 7 and 8 but did pretty well on the other 7 controls of the Green. At 5, 7 and 8 I had difficulty relating what I saw around me to what the map showed while I was in those areas. Hindsight is better, as I study the map at home. I wish Ansonia were closer so I could back and walk the course slowly and learn. My route.
I went too far right at 5, went beyond it, tried relocating using the reciprocal to the building appearing in the East, but still was too far north. I stumbled across the control (it was lying on the ground, as were most of the controls on this course) as I dejectedly walked south contemplating giving up. The knoll was nearly indistinguishable as it rose only a few shallow feet above the surroundings.
At 7 I didn't go far enough, tried relocating from the trail again, finally spotted a crowd down in a gulch with contours in a direction not fairly indicated on the map IMHO.
Near 8 I came upon Lyn wandering in the same area. She found it first after we each had bumped into the trail to the west and reversed our direction. While Lyn and I were close as we headed east to 9, she went further south and I ended up at 9 a bit ahead of her.
I am suspecting my thumb compass has a bias that pulls me rightward. I need to compare with a couple of other compasses I have.
I went too far right at 5, went beyond it, tried relocating using the reciprocal to the building appearing in the East, but still was too far north. I stumbled across the control (it was lying on the ground, as were most of the controls on this course) as I dejectedly walked south contemplating giving up. The knoll was nearly indistinguishable as it rose only a few shallow feet above the surroundings.
At 7 I didn't go far enough, tried relocating from the trail again, finally spotted a crowd down in a gulch with contours in a direction not fairly indicated on the map IMHO.
Near 8 I came upon Lyn wandering in the same area. She found it first after we each had bumped into the trail to the west and reversed our direction. While Lyn and I were close as we headed east to 9, she went further south and I ended up at 9 a bit ahead of her.
I am suspecting my thumb compass has a bias that pulls me rightward. I need to compare with a couple of other compasses I have.