Monday, July 21, 2008

Orienteering at Boyce Park

Orienteering meet organized by the Western Pennsylvania Orienteering Club in Boyce Park county park, located 10 miles east of the city of Pittsburgh.

Knew the park well from previous meets and course setting. Having done Orange first, helped in finding best route for Green.

split times for Orange (first time I used the lap chrono feature)

S-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 9-10 10-F
-- 4.36 4.00 4.56 2.33 3.56 4.53 4.00 5.27 2.15 0.36 (alex)
1.27 4.25 4.30 6.14 4.14 4.52 4.50 4.31 5.50 2.31 0.41 (dave)

Orange course: On approach from 3 to 4, knowledge of trails helped. On the approach to 7, standing on the edge of a semi-paved parking area and looking steep down into the woods, wondering if I did the right approach. Eventually, took the plunge and skydived downhill.


Green course: there was some construction on the water tank near control 2, but forgot to read the course setter notes warning about it, so did a useless tour of the tank. While leg from 6 to 7 took 9.52 minutes, leg from 7 to 8 took 1.38 minutes, but it was a tough and short burst into thorny shiggy of blackberry plants growing on the clearing of the powerline.


Yellow


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