OAR AR O-Gaine

Clifton Forge, VA
Nov 15–16, 2008

Type: Orienteering - Regional

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added by: lemayzing

http://oarevents.com/events/2008/ar_ogaine.html
8/24 hour race. Teams of 1-4.
The Odyssey AR Ogaine is a race in which competitors travel on foot while orienteering with map and compass from checkpoint to checkpoint. The AR Ogaine will be like an orienteering course that you would see in an adventure race were teams will plot UTMs for each of the locations of the checkpoints on their 1:24,000 scale map. Each checkpoint will have a point value.
The orienteering course will be divided into four quadrants. Each team will draw a number out of a hat to tell which zone they will start in. At the race start, teams will have a 1:24,000 scale topographic map of the park and they will have to plot the UTM coordinates of the checkpoints in each quadrant. They will then set off on to the course on foot, to their first zone. There will be numerous checkpoints in each zone with different point values. The ones closest to headquarters will have a lower point value and the ones further away and in more difficult to find locations will have a higher value. The teams will have a limited amount of time in each zone, then will be required to check in at headquarters for safety before venturing into the next zone. At headquarters, they will get a new set of UTM coordinates for the next zone in which they are acquiring points. For every minute they come in after the time limit, they will be deducted a point. The winner will be determined by the highest score in combination with the lowest time.

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