Orienteering race (Parys Rogaine) 3:39:37 [4] *** 24.02 km (9:09 / km)
ahr:142 36c shoes: Salomon Fellcross 2 Black
After much scrambling to find a team mate, got a hold of Piers and convinced him to race with me.
New area near Parys (Buffelskloof). Very nice for rogaining and even orienteering. 1:15'000 google map with superimposed N lines, 5m contours, tracks and fences. First drawn by Lisa and completed by Ian and Glen.
We went anti-clockwise around the area, completing clusters of controls at a time as the main area was bisected by a valley. So cleared up the north plateau first, then then SW, then the SE. The nav was actually quite detailed and the google map worked very well. A lot of newcomers also seemed to adapt better to the google image rather than a full O' map.
Cleared the course well under the 6-hour limit. No major competition meant we came 1st, with no-one else cleaning up.