I (and I know others who enjoy do this) - dream up maps that they then can read that also match the dreamt landscape, contours and all. It's weird. There may be some usual dream impossibility in the land (a very high wall that floats across a lake or something), but it's there on the dream map, correct symbols and all.
A windy and showery but wonderful orienteering event at Broughton Burrows in Devon. Very detailed contours!
"Valley ponds"
Oil on board 10"x12"
Online Auction on now! My donation to the HPP Online fundraising auction supporting Orienteering Canada's Team Canada athletes. OrienteeringCAN
Yesterdays . Notice that a contour (or 2) is missing near 9.
Qui a oubli sa boussole dans la seule CO urbaine o c'est VRAIMENT plus prudent de partir avec
Prvenez les secours si je dpasse la permission de minuit
Near Leksand in 1991. Not sure about that route to 4. Maybe straighter was faster Or maybe not
In , you know you're old when you take part in a small race that uses control punches and you manage to overtake the elite runner at the control - a great feeling lasting about three seconds!
A simple corridor course for part of this mornings jog.
ok - so there were quite a lot of drives now. Two times to my mapping project. (2x2x17k, needed to, not strong enough for long mapping plus cycling, also the rain) And once to a regional training (2x80k, no pt connection to get there on time). I've come to realize that without this hobby it would be far easier to do without the car. Oh dear.
me make my kids go night in a rainstorm after the clocks went back on a school night for fun noooo, can't be.
Checking out the map in a mix of rain and sleet.
Todays
training rule number 1:
By commenting on the quality and up-to-dateness of the map during training you automatically and irrevocably volunteer to make all desirable edits to that map within two months.
It is a surprising and memorable, as well as valuable experience, to be lost in the woods at any time.
- Henry David Thoreau
(ouch)
White contour lines on this old map.
we're putting a course around the track!
Im not lost, Im
An old map. The course is from March 1981. 2nd day of a 2 day event near Carbondale,IL.
Yes do it!
Was an early start this morning 6.30 in the woods an hour from home to start putting out controls in the dark. All worth it to see the many happy runners finishing later in the day (in the glorious sun) ranging in age from under 10s to over 80s. Some fast times too:
Morning hilly run on campus with an in-progress sprint orienteering map.
How to spend a Saturday night in : Night in Parc Angrignon - it was so much fun!
Drove 17k and back to mapping project. Really could have cycled on this fine day. Didn't think so in the morning, but it would have been no problem.
Yikes! You dont use plastic covers
Mine is in pretty good shape after 5 km in moderately wet conditions today.
The joy of fall in New England. How it started. How its going.
My best leg was to 1. My route From the triangle head back and then run the road. Fun terrain and course.
Saturdays
I am mildly excited that this week I have an ad in Swedish magazine Orienteraren. Let's see does it have ANY kind of effect on Swedish audience... Okay I am actually very excited
Starting run
WARNING: BRAIN IS MISSING!
2. Now when tapping the button for showing control point interval, that part of the track is zoomed in and also highlighted for better viewing. Rest of the track fades away.
Hope you will like the new version. Submitting to store soon.
After a looong time next Control app update is near! I have rewritten the map view & bottom sheet with . Couple noteworthy changes:
1. "Speed line" on the left side of points to show more clearly your pace.
Gordano Services June 1984
The usual long wait at this infamous hitching black hole. I was on my way back from the French Championships and those around me were at the Battle of the Beanfield.
I made a tiny thing: - a webapp to monitor Radio Online Controls for orienteering that is a bit more mobile friendly than the ROC website. I anticipate 1-5 users worldwide for this.
Code available for those who like that stuff:
Todays training course included seeing a non-Jayhawk roaming the campus.
Day 3. High altitude
Another day of high altitude
Better things to do on the links - dont hit the ball, be the ball
Parking is better value these days.
Todays high altitude
Spending a few minutes looking at maps