Karn't Breakout Rogaine - maharetr & prk
maharetr and I packed most of our backpacks before we picked up
prk and headed for the event. We arrived with 1.5 hours to plan our route and planned a fantastically ambitious one (aim high!) that we revised down hastily once we worked out how fast we really could travel. The bush was quite thick in places. We did 13.9km in 6 hours (3pm to 9pm) and
maharetr's new boots did her proud. Our day navigating was top notch, we hit everything we aimed for with very little faffing about (5 controls in 2.5 hours). Night nav not so much, we drifted East and overshot our first night control and then had to scramble to get back in time so we abandoned our plans and grabbed one more control on the road back because it was there.
Had a bit of a smug moment just after control 104 when we met people approaching it from the East who had to walk *up* the 130m drop that we got to scramble down. I really enjoyed not walking up that hill.
Weather was cool for March and overcast but never quite rained which was great for the day part and a bit dark for the night part. Back at Admin it turned out there was a fair chunk of the UWA OutDoor Club resting up after their first event - I'd met them while paddling so we hung about and compared notes.
All in all, happy to be back and looking forward to doing other events this year.
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