Race Evaluation
2006 North American Championships (Golden Leaf Ori: Middle Course 8
jfredrickson
| 1. | Straight down along the side of the swamp and across at the smalles point. On the right side of the small hill to the control on the boulder cluster. Took a second to realize it wasn't mine and spotted mine on the hill ahead. | ||||||
| 2. | Out to the trail on a bearing and spotted the cliff on the edge of the rocky ground on my right. Down along the spur and in. | ||||||
| 3. | +00:20 | Down between the two swamps and spotted a control off to my left on the cliff due west of number 10. Instinctively ran to it thinking that it was my chance to get away from Balter whom I had caught at 1. Saw it wasn't mine when I got there and immediately realized my mistake and chased off after Balter to the control. Fortunately for me he spiked it and I was able to catch him in time to be led into it. | |||||
| 4. | Down along the swamp to the cliff northwest of the circle on the line. Around it left and in. | ||||||
| 5. | +00:15 | Straight out across the swamp and up the hill. Went over the top without being sure of where I was exactly and where to expect the control. Stopped, relocated and attacked from just northeast of the control. | |||||
| 6. | +00:10 | South along the cliffs, then up and over to the reentrant north of the control. Stopped to get a better look at the features in the circle and attacked from there. | |||||
| 7. | South to the reentrant just northwest of the circle and again stopped to read the features in the circle better. Spotted the dot knolls and attacked off them. | ||||||
| 8. | Straight out to the trail and across it just north of the cliffs. Took a bearing from there and in. | ||||||
| 9. | Just up and over on a bearing. | ||||||
| 10. | +00:30 | Up along the left side of the swamp. Across the trail between the swamp and the fence to the little cliff. Paused to get a better look at the terrain ahead and just decided to run along the side of the swamp until I hit the big cliff at the top. Hit the boulder in the northern piece of the swamp and thought it to be my attackpoint. Took me a little bit to figure out where I was before I realized I was a bit east of the control circle and I attacked over the hill and in. | |||||
| 11. | Around the big cliff to the right and along the swamps to the rocky ground just before the control. Paused to figure out if the control was on a knoll or in a depression before attacking in. | ||||||
| 12. | Hit the main trail just left of the junction with the little trail. Ran along the rocky ground to the rootstock, then over the rocky hill to the second little rocky hill and hit the control on the far side. | ||||||
| 13. | +00:30 | Out to the little trail at the bottom bend. Ran it up to the rocky ground and cut across the flat spur, and across the marsh to the rocky ridge. Hadn't intended to be so far north and it took me a second to realize where I was, so I started attacking south looking for the control. Got a stick in my eye almost due east of the control and couldn't see for a couple of seconds. Then started looking around and spotted the control just west of me. | |||||
| 14. | North to the little fields and along the ridge to the wide reentrant south of the control. Up the ridge and into the depression. | ||||||
| 15. | North through the fields and across the rocky pieces to the first trail on the line. Cut across it to the second trail and crossed then then started cutting back towards it. Hit it again at the next junction and cut off at the following junction and attacked from there. | ||||||
| 16. | +00:20 | Back out to the trail, and straight across at the junction to the little trail just east of the little pond. Left at the next junction and immediately right again, then up the little trail towards the control. Thought the trail was bending left up the hill too soon so I decided to cut off the trail to the stone wall. Quickly realized it had to be farther north so I cut through the woods and across the little trail and in. | |||||
| 17. | Trails in. | ||||||
| F. | Weee... |
Total Time Lost - 00:02:05