Relentless - Training Day 2

The rocks, the depressions, the cliffs. The terrain was relentless and unforgiving. Our line course to the start set the scene as Tania stepped on some soft ground and found her leg being gobbled up by a small hidden hole. Not so easy to extract it either. There were no nice obvious route choice races for the first control so we all set off on our own. It was slow going and accuracy was the key to success. A much better map than yesterday with good contours meant all the humps and bumps were shown. Pits and depressions proved useful navigation tools and bare rock was more familiar. Straight line orienteering was difficult if you were trying to dodge bushes, cliffs and sudden holes in the lime stone. We spend the morning doing their set course of 12 controls. There were several other international teams out on the map and it appeared that the consensus was that the terrain was difficult.

In the afternoon Nico and Tania went out to find 6 more controls (see map) whilst Cindy waited in what eventually turned into a rainy day. On average a more positive orienteering day for us. Our discussion with the organizers at the finish was cut short they rush off to welcome and get photographs of Thierry G as he arrived for his session.