It was cold and windy, but the sun was out so we could pretend it was warmer. Charles set an excellent course – it even required map reading – which isn’t easy at Dix. Some people did both the short and long course. The short course was a subset of the long course. An asterisk […]

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I am sorry to report that we have canceled the event on Feb 20-21 at Schenck Forest. We will try and reschedule a Schenck Forest event and will announce it when it is confirmed. The Department of Forestry was very helpful in approving, but the “NC STATE SPECIAL EVENT EXCEPTION REQUEST DURING COVID 19”  group […]

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We had a beautiful sunny day. 10 people ran the course and to my delight everyone thought the map was very good. There were a few minor details about different ways of interpreting an area, and some rocky ground that I missed, however I am encouraged to continue my mapping. We only had 6 controls […]

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To celebrate my first square kilometer of field checking I am hosting an expert orienteering event at Gray Owl this Sunday, January 17th. There will be Brown through Red courses. There are many more features (maybe too many) so I can make complex courses to challenge you. You can register in our store. At orienteering […]

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The good news is that the insurance policy from OUSA is in effect for Jan 1, 2020. The bad news is… The OUSA insurance company has eliminated Bicycles from our policy this year because they are trying to minimize their liability and there are so many more claims regarding bikes vs Running. In any case […]

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It was a beautiful cool day on Saturday for the 2m event. We started about 1k from the house at Birkhead Wilderness, Thornburg Farm Trailhead on top of a ridge. Both days Charles had a 300m start exclusion zone and 400m exclusion zone for the finish. Charles had a sheltered registration area on the back […]

Comments Off on ARDF Results Dec 19-20, 2020

When: Dec 19-20, 2020 Starts from 10am to Noon Course closes at 2PMWhere: Birkhead Wilderness Thornburg Farm 35.620229, -79.945040 What: Saturday, ARDF 2m Sunday, ARDF 80m Register on the BOK website. Regional travel is unadvisable and our out-of-town participants have not indicated that they are coming, so this is no longer a “Regional” event, but a […]

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It was a very successful event. We set out 7 transmitters in seven different regions. Two regions were mostly in the exclusion zone. Those transmitters were on 3.51 on a 30/30 schedule. The other five were further out on 3.58 and on the classic 60/240 schedule. There was no beacon. The closest of the two […]

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We are having an ARDF practice on Sunday, December 6, 2020.Location: 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro, NC (35.634843, -79.881873)Time: Everyone should arrive at 10am We will put out transmitters at that time and hike to a remote location. Then we will find the transmitters on the way back to the finish which will be at […]

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Quite an ambitious event with white – blue orienteering courses, a 60 and 90 minute night event and a 2m ARDF event. The weather was perfect, cool and breezy. Thanks to Charles for setting up the ARDF event and to Josef and Jiri for picking up the far controls. All of this happened on the […]

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