[Triangle-AR] Night Navigation Practice?

[charles.chilcott at syngenta.com]

I am always up for training and punching.  How about something is the
vicinity of Linville?

EC 

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[mailto:triangle-ar-bounces at triangle-ar-team.com] On Behalf Of Charlie
Roberts
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:53 PM
To: don at childrey.com; Triangle Adventure Racing Club
Subject: Re: [Triangle-AR] Night Navigation Practice?

Hrmm...maybe...I'm not sure who will show up though considering the pain
I subjected everyone to last time.  Oops, maybe I should just keep quiet
about that. Some people may not have heard about my last practice course
:-)

Any dates in mind? April sometime?

If I do, I promise that I'll pre-run the *entire* course this time, so
that there will at least be a small chance that it can be finished in
the allotted time.  At least one torturous climb and one rhodo-infested
OP will have to stay however.

Does anyone else have interest in driving to the Asheville or Brevard,
NC area for an unofficial practice "race"?  Probably a 12 hour, but I
can work on an alternate, shorter version if there is demand.

Charlie


Don Childrey wrote:
> Thanks for the tips Charlie! I definitely need to work on both my 
> "pacing' and "timing" techniques too.
> 
> Any thoughts of putting on another practice course in the mtns?
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> Charlie Roberts wrote:
> 
>> I don't have any other suggestions for locations in the Raleigh area.

>> I think Don and Brian covered those. But I will add that an altimeter

>> is indispensable for many longer ARs in our region which are held in,

>> or near, the mountains.  I use elevation "catch points" extensively.
>> One thing to remember is that weather changes can significantly mess 
>> with your readings when using barometer-based altimeters such as the 
>> Suunto watches.  Always re-calibrate before starting the race and 
>> whenever you cross a known point.
>>
>> Keeping track of distance traveled is also very helpful. The 
>> cyclometer works great on the bike, but on foot you'll need to rely 
>> on pacing. I've never had the discipline for pace counting and just 
>> tried to learn how fast I could travel at different exertion levels 
>> in different terrain. You have to time yourself both during day and 
>> night tho.  You always move slower at night than you think.  This 
>> works pretty good for me until the second night without sleep. By 
>> that time, the brain is fuzzy and the body is in pain...one mile can
feel like 5!
>> :-)
>>
>> For following precise bearings, the "teammate as a marker" trick can 
>> work pretty good over short distances.  For a navigator I would 
>> suggest having a high power light, however, to allow them to see and 
>> mark those distance trees when you really need to be exact.
>>
>> Oh, and the number one rule...the compass is always right.  It's 
>> amazing how easy it is to get completely turned around and 
>> disoriented when bushwhacking in poor conditions at night.
>>
>>
>> Charlie
> 
> 
> 
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