Fit From Fat: The Sleepy Hollow 12 Sixty minutes Rogaine
Posted by lindainfo on November 17, 2008
My turn! CP #2
The warming tent had a propane heater which would warm you and dry your clothes somewhat if you stayed near it. We both did. As we warmed, the rain kept coming down harder and harder, and we both did not want to go back out, so I found a foam sleeping mat and tried to get a little sleep while warming/drying. I had been up at 330 am the day before for work, with only a 1.5 hour nap during the day, so I was reasonably exhausted. I slept in fits and starts as I was cold, shivering and laying on the ground on a mat. I think I perhaps got 30 minutes total shuteye but we were in that tent and at the HQ for almost 3 hours debating whether to go back out or quit and head for civilization and warmth.
I honestly was ready to just go home and try this again on a reasonable night, but neither one of us was willing to proclaim we were done so we just kind of stuck around till around 6 am, the rain abated somewhat and we both just kind of said screw it, let’s go look for more. So we headed back out looking for the missed bonus CP with daylight creeping into the park still filtered by grey rain clouds.
Carefully I studied the map, and the terrain features where the bonus CP should be and directed us up a little valley with a stream in it, that I thought HAD to have the CP along it’s length. We explored this valley with me on the far left and Gailanne on the far right, slowly and carefully seeking the CP. I saw Gailanne peak at a little shack on her side and procede….I found NOTHING on my side….on we went.
Eventually we gave up and decided to head for a run to the far side of the park for some easy looking CP’s that I wanted to get, partially because they were near the airfield which drew my interest. Before we started out that way, the Race Director talked us into giving the bonus CP one more try with a little hint, as he knew this was my first Rogaine and we went back into the woods with much more daylight now. We made our way back to the SAME valley and this time (WITH the hint) I headed up the right side and right for that little shack.
Sure enough as I approached, I saw the CP INSIDE with a little plastic skull hanging below it. I got out our scorecard and reached in to punch it, and all of a sudden the skull descends down it’s string and starts talking (Halloween toy) and startled me quite a bit. I punched the card (and gave Gailanne a good teasing for missing the CP) and then we headed out for the run and airfield.
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