So we get down to Groenies on Sunday for that MTB Oring... and heehaa what a lekker event it was... Some folks ask me for quick tips of Nav and the best tips I can give em is.. go orienteering... practice is what it takes...
Nico (Stealth), Russian, Mummy, Carine, MANTiS and many more regular D&D folks were there to have a good look at what this MTB/mapreading story is all about... so what makes it different to your regular mtb race?? well... for one, you get to chose your start time... times are staggered to make it less easy to just follow other competitors on the course (there were 3 courses of various length and difficulty) So boom and you are off... you check the map... find where you are and look for the fastest route to get to the next CP.. to be done in order 1 - 22 (long course 20km).... you zoot and now you get to choose... singletrack? or dirt road? ... speed or pleasure :-)... hey watch out for those Giraffes and Zebra... q.t. and I were being a bit rebellious... doing the event as a pair.. even though the only catered for "solo" entrants...but we were not concerned about points and standing...... Man, what a pleasure as we have such a great synergy together on the course... it was so awesome doing it with her... and it wasn't long and we came rushing into the finish...q.t. unitentionally doing a wicked endo...whilst punchin the last control... The long course had some really faaast competition... it was going to be interesting as MTB O-ring tends not to be as technical as Foot Oring... but M.R. Nicholas Mulder (The Nav MASTER) ripped up the course in just over 63 minutes.... wow... thats just under a 20km average in Groenkloof (yes we went up Onion hill) and having to stop 22 times to clip CP's.... frikkin AWESOME STUFF!!!! Brilliantly Organised, can't wait for the next in the series later this year!!! hardy check out www.roc.org.za or www.racorienteers.co.za for more info --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DarkAndDirty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DarkAndDirty?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
