Possum Trot VII

Posted by Mikell Platt

My own skipping strategy was pretty basic. I took a quick look at the possibilities on the way to #1, and nothing really jumped out at me and it looked like you'd have to spend some time running slowly or walking to really get into the permutations in a fine way. And the warning about the unfriendly north section of the map (perhaps overblown?) was in mind. By the time I punched at where #2 was actually hung, as opposed to where it was supposed to have been hung (I ran straight to the spot where a vetting streamer was hanging), a number of folks were out ahead of me. Up to that point the group had been running relatively easily. When we climbed out NE onto the ridge out of #2, nobody was paying any attention to me at all, so I decided to "go my own way" and up the pace. Poor routes to #11 (went left and around on the road/trail because I was afraid of blowing by the control on the trail below, and I know from the after chat it was easy to see the rock from below if you looked) and to #25 (way left around on the trail and road after not enjoying the vegetation on the way to #24) cost a bit of time. But not too much time. : )

-- Swampfox, December 08, 2003.