C'MON ! GET OUT !!!!......to Antietam
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Topic created by rgbortz on Tue Mar 8, 2011 at 9:30 pmThe first day of spring may be the perfect opportunity to start your orienteering year if you havn't already done so. Antietam is a great map this time of year before the green pops. The woods are very open and runnable.
As you will see in the course setter's notes these courses are a repeat of the courses from Oct. 12,2003.
They are a repeat in control placement only as the forest will appear quite different than in mid October. Also seven and a half years later should tell you what that means for the beginner courses. As for the intermediate and advanced courses either you have gotten older and more experienced and have moved up or you have gotten older and have something else in mind. In any case, no matter which course you decide to do on event day, it's not anticipated to matter much if you did the same one 7 1/2 years ago; both because so much time has passed and because the forest conditions are vastly different.
Another hopeful scenario is that many new orienteers (as in were't involved 7/12 years ago) show up to try this part of the Mt. Penn maps.
There is the addition of a Blue course which was not an option in 2003. Personally this course is my favorite due to the use of three different controls twice each to create different feels to the approach to and departure from those controls. E-punch really adds interesting possibilities for course setters. I can only wish for perfect weather and many of you decide to try this course just so you can stay in these beautiful woods longer.
Please be aware should it turn out to be what we all hope the first day of spring to be you may have a short walk from the parking area due to the limited parking close to registration. This is only a five to ten minute stroll but please, out of concern for maximum safety, drive first to the registration area to drop off passengers and check to see if there is available parking there. Don't worry, there is way more than enough parking, so bring all the friends you can find.
Ron Bortz; course setter
Angelica Riley; event director
