Each country was assigned a start block for the Model event today. Ours was 2:30pm, which gave the new arrivals some time to sleep in to recover from travel. The entire team is now here!
Back row: Daniel Heimgartner(P), David Snypes(P), Anne Maker(P), Mika Latva-Kokko(O), Peter Zielczynski(O), Amy Latva-Kokko(team official), Russ Myer(team official), Sharon Crawford(O)
Front Row: Jarmo Latva-Kokko(O-Jr), Rhonda Liddell(P), Katja Latva-Kokko(O-Jr), Clare Durand(O)
The model was a great little training day. The short course gave us all a chance to practice our rock reading and PreO and TempO strategies. After the finish, we wandered back through the course with the solution sheets. The seasoned Trail-O veterans helped out the newer team members and helped them analyze their mistakes and understand how to improve as the week progresses.
Tomorrow's first day of WTOC PreO competition packs 36 controls into a 500m long course. The map appears to be more bouldery and less cliffy than what we've seen so far with lots of boulder field symbols as well. It may be difficult discerning between individual mapped boulders and rocks that are part of boulder fields. You can find the start list here.
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