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Thursday, September 01, 2005
Time to think about Pawtuckaway
I'll be going to Pawtuckaway in a bit over a week. So it is time to start thinking about how to orienteer there.
I've run at Pawtuckaway twice. The first time was a World Cup in, I think, 1992. The second time was in 2001, when I only got a couple of km into the course before I got hurt.
The terrain looks quite interesting. Here in one map (with Peter Gagarin's routes) and here is another.
I'll spend a bit of time over the next couple of days looking at the map and thinking about how to orienteer there. At first glance:
1. It looks like a place where keeping good contact and reading the map at a high intensity will pay off.
2. In some places seeing what is going on underneath the rock features is difficult.
3. It looks like there are some small areas where two contours will get very close together for a stretch of 50+ meters. Those places are probably pretty distinct in the terrain, but don't necessarily leap out at you as you glance at the map.
4. The map reminds me of someplace else. Where was it? I can't be sure. Maybe Hallsingland in Sweden?
5. I wonder how far you can see in the forest. If visibility is good, orienteering will be much easier. I can't remember what it was like.
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