okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
First part of the middle champs race
I posted the map with the first part of the red course from the middle champs below.
The race was at a place called Morgan Territory. Morgan Territory is east of San Francisco and a bit north of Livermore. The section of the map we used was quite nice.
The area we used was relatively flat. We didn't have any legs that required a lot of climb (though late in the course we had a big downhill run).
Visibility was good except for the green areas. As you can see, there aren't many green areas. I often saw the control from a decent distance despite the markers being hung low.
Footing was good in the rocky areas. I suspect that rocky areas on steep hillsides might be rough, but the rocky areas on top of hills was quite easy to run through. During the race I didn't notice the difference between boulders, rocky ground and boulder fields. That's not a complaint about the mapping. It was just that you didn't need to draw those distinctions are you orienteered.
The course was -- as advertised -- built around lots of short legs with direction changes. We didn't have any significant route choice problems (though there were lots of small route choices to make).
posted by Michael |
7:31 PM
