Gary Kraght, Event Director
About 120 participants came out to the Indian Valley Campus in Novato on Mother's Day to orienteer around the campus and surrounding hillsides. The weather was beautiful, if windy, and so were the wildflowers. Petra Sundstrom designed courses with a novel twist — the orienteering started out climbing the hillsides, and culminated with a short Sprint course through the campus. Although there was no Blue course, the Green and Red courses had significant climb, resulting in some very good views for those orienteers who chose to appreciate them.
An event like Indian Valley cannot happen without the support of many volunteers.
- Our course setter, Petra Sundstrom, came up with the concept, and then spent countless hours in course design, vetting, and wrestling with using Condes (course creation software) on a Mac.
- The volunteer honor roll is:
- Setup: Recinda Sherman, Johanna Merriss, Olga Kraght
- Registration: Sarah Williams, Steve Haas, Dennis Wildfogel, Chuck Spalding
- Epunch: Jeff Lanam, Rosemary Johnson
- Beginner Clinics: Sheila Cotter
- Starts: Recinda Sherman, Rex Winterbottom, Scott Aster
- Control Pickup: Steve Gregg, Tac Sugiyama, Petra Sundstrom, Scott Aster, Olga Kraght
- College of Marin liaison: Sarah Paoli (Thanks, Sarah!)
- BAOC website support: Chuck Spalding
One final note: Although there were many happy and satisfied orienteers after the event, it was also clear that a Silver course would have been well received. We have been having Silver courses at more BAOC events. It would be prudent if all future BAOC events with a standard classic format in typical hilly BAOC terrain provide a Silver course for orienteers with advanced skills but who are older, injured, or less physically fit.
Lost & Found
A Camelbak water bottle was left behind at Indian Valley. If it is yours, please contact me, and I will arrange to return it to you.
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