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  • From: Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>
  • To: nmsar-forum@lyris.nmt.edu, msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: [MSAR] New Mexico orienteering, October 23
  • Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:17:38 -0600

Saturday, Oct 23: NMOC is hosting a mini-rogaine meet
in the scenic Santa Fe National Forest near Los Alamos.

What is a rogaine? Controls (targets) are scattered all
over the map, each having a point value. There is no
set course; participants go out for a set period of time
and try to get as many points as they can. Rather than
the 6, 12, or 24 hours of a full rogaine, a mini-rogaine
runs 2 or 4 hours,

There will be a mass start of all 4 hour rogainers at
10AM, and a mass start of all 2 hour rogainers at 12 noon.
All participants MUST be back to the finish at 2 PM.
After that, you lose 10 points for each minute that you
are late.

Rogainers may participate as individuals or as teams.
Teams must stay together and go to all controls together.
You must carry food and water. There will be food and
water at the start/finish, and one water station in the
middle of the map. Four hour rogainers are required to
carry whistles (NMOC has some to lend). All participants
must carry a compass. NMOC has some to rent for $1.

You must pre-register and prepay or this event. The fee
is $10/person. See www.nmorienteering.org for details.

Orienteering is a sport that is fun and easy to learn,
and it is great for honing your map, compass *and GPS*
skills. You navigate from control to control, using a
map, a clue sheet, a compass and/or GPS receiver, and a
blank punch card. At each "control" you will find and
orange and white flag with a letter code on a laminated
index card that matches the letter code on your clue
sheet, and a punch with a particular configuration of
teeth. You punch your card, then navigate to the next
control. You will be given a specially made 5 color map
with much more detail than a regular map. Rocks over 1
meter high, boulder clusters, and cliffs are drawn on
the map, in addition to the usual trails, contours, and
other details of a familiar USGS topographic map.

Una Smith



  • [MSAR] New Mexico orienteering, October 23, Una Smith, 10/05/2004

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