Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

Topic created by Nancy on Sun Nov 16, 2014 at 10:19 pm

Nancy
Num Posts: 113
Primary Club: DVOA
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First O: 1982

Thanks to Len and Patty Pollicelli, John Gillette, and all the people who volunteered to run the local event at Camp Delmont today. Len's courses made good use of the mapped features. This was a great time of year to utilize Delmont, as a lot of vegetation died back.

Reply by KathleenG on Sun Nov 16, 2014 at 11:44 pm

KathleenG
Num Posts: 104
Primary Club: DVOA
Fav map: Elk Neck
First O: 1998

Even the dead vegetation reminded me of how nasty the vegetation at Delmont can be! (withered Stilt Grass over fallen logs).  Delmont is a great map - looks deceptively simple, actually quite challenging.  Easy to make parallel errors in the rocks and with the paths.  The fallen trees force you to zig-zag, so following a bearing is tough.  The map scale is 1:5,000 pacing errors are common too.