Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Sunday, August 10, 2003 A visit to FontainebleauWhen I was 8 years old I visited the forest at Fontainebleau. I didn't know anything about orienteering. But I remember running around in the boulders and thinking it was a very cool place. That was in 1972. My parents took us to Paris for a vacation and to visit my Dad's friend Klaus Berger. The Bergers took us to see Fontainebleau.Once I started orienteering, I always kept Fontainebleau in the back of my mind. My memories of it were a bit fuzzy, but I'd always had an idea it might make for an interesting O' area. When Mary and I went to Paris this summer, we got advice from two orienteers about what to do in Paris. Both said, "go orienteering at Fontainebleau." We got in touch with a couple of orienteers in Paris -- Matthias and Abi -- and borrowed maps. We took a train out to Fontainebleau, paid a visit to the chateau, and then spent some time exploring the forest. We weren't disappointed (though the ferns were a bit thick). This snapshot shows Mary racing past a boulder. 
My fuzzy memory of Fontainebleau was of big boulders. That boulder Mary is going by is big. But, it isn't a "big boulder" on the map! The boulders are Fontainebleau are huge. According to the legend on the map, boulders aren't mapped unless they are over 1.5 meters. To be shown as a large black dot, boulders had to be over 3 meters. That boulder Mary is going by is close to 3 meters, but I guess it is a bit too small -- it is mapped as a small black dot. Here is a bit of the map. 
The map is ok, though the contours are a bit rough. It would be a difficult area to map. posted by Michael | 4:22 PM 
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