Orienteering race 1:07:00 [4] 3.1 mi (21:37 / mi)
shoes: OROC
Black Diamond, Middle Course, Brown. This was a new map created by Vladimir for the Team Trials. My Garmin decided to take the day off so no route. Walked the. Entire route.
Control 1 was my only significant error. About 2 minutes. DEtailed slope was hard to read. Got pulled left by another control in a reentrant close by.
After this no navigation errors but lots of problems with the mapping and the very steep climbs. There were several very trivial controls that were just difficult to physically approach.
Control 4 had me on my hands and knees crawling under thickets. Seemed like the best way to go. Control 7 was a death march up the mountain to an obvious control. Took the left route on Control 8 to avoid anymore climb.
I feel that this terrain was inappropriate for an A-meet. The course setting was an obvious rush job. I understand there was no vetting or test running done. The mapping of the vegetation was rough. No water on the course,. even though a water stop was advertised.Not much fun, but considered it an accomplishment at getting through it somewhat cleanly.