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Thursday, June 21, 2007
Old memories - 1986 Swedish 5 Days
Aspleaf posted his map from the 1986 Swedish 5 Days in Boras. It brings back some good memories - of fun orienteering and (if I remember right) some rainy weather.
Anders Erik Olsson won M21 Elite (again, if I remember right) and he had some interesting things to say about his routes. I remember him showing a slide of a very long route on one of the days. It was the kind of leg that would have stopped me dead in my tracks for a good 30 seconds (or more) trying to figure out which route I'd take. AEO said he took a quick look and saw that while there were lots of different options, the differences wouldn't be big, so he'd just pick a route quickly and stick to it. At the time that was a completely different way to think about route choice than anything I'd ever heard or done.
Interesting reading for any orienteer in the U.S.
Intersting map. Any idea what it shows? Take a guess and then read the article that accompanies the map. Worthwhile reading for any orienteer in the U.S.
