Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

Topic created by Dan on Sun Nov 6, 2011 at 3:59 pm

Dan
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was excellent, at least on the green course - a good mix of trails and woods with some nice route choices while keeping us out of the nastier briars.  We especially appreciated how the climb was distributed throughout the course.  Thanks to everyone who put the event together!

Reply by sfmones on Mon Nov 7, 2011 at 11:16 am

sfmones
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My thanks, as well, to those who set up and ran the event.  It was a great day to be in the woods.

Reply by wilburdeb on Tue Nov 8, 2011 at 3:11 pm

wilburdeb
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The (Brown-Green) Red course was great.  I especially enjoyed the far western control on the Green course (#8 I think).

Dan

Reply by NeilDolinger on Wed Nov 9, 2011 at 5:27 pm

NeilDolinger
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I'm with Dan on #8 on the Green course.  A lot of fun getting to and from that control.  As an added bonus, a spectacular cliff nearby.  Is that an old quarry site, or is that a natural formation?

I wish we had RouteGadget for this course -- I'd love to see what routes other people took from 7 to 8 to 9.

Reply by KathleenG on Wed Nov 9, 2011 at 8:05 pm

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#8 on the Green is indeed an old quarry.  They used to mine serpentine (an attractive building stone).  Now, the vultures (both Black and Turkey vultures) roost on the cliff.