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Meet Director: Kathy
Bullard
Course Setters: Kathy Bullard
Schedule:
| 10:15 a.m. |
Competitors' Briefing |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Mass start |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Course closes |
(Maximum time on course: 4 hours)
Cost: (per individual or team)
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Event Day
Registration |
Online
Pre-Registeration |
| CAOC members |
$10 |
$7 |
| non-member |
$15 |
$10 |
| additional maps |
$3 |
| rental compass |
not
needed |
| e-Punch |
not
used today |
(We suggest a maximum of four people per group.)
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On-line registration is now closed. Please pay on-site. If you have a group coming, please contact the registrar.
Details:
ROGAINE is an acronym that stands for Rugged Outdoor Group Activity
Involving Navigation and Endurance. A typical ROGAINE is a 6-, 12-,
or 24-hour event in a large wilderness area designed to challenge
the stamina of competitors as much as their navigation skill and
speed.
In the second Chicago Area Orienteering Club Urban ROGAINE, we
will be be using a shorter time period (4 hours) and a smaller scale
map (1:15 000) than might be used in some wilderness ROGAINEs (which
might use 1:24 000 or even 1:35 000).
Thanks in part to Daniel Brunham, the streets of Chicago are laid
out in a grid oriented to north. Since Chicago happens to lie almost
exactly at 0° declination (3° W, to be exact), effectively
no correction is needed between true north and magnetic north. Thus,
no compasses will be needed for this event.
Beginners are encouraged to attend. Without
the distraction of using a compass, you'll probably find navigating
much easier than in our local woods. Of course, the large landmarks
will also help, here. A special beginners' clinic will be held after
the start at 10:45 a.m. (yes, on the clock). Also, since this is
a Score-O format rather than loop orienteering, you can stop anytime.
So, you get to pick how long you're out on the course.
The start will be announced as we get closer to the event.
All competitors will receive a pre-printed map of the downtown area.
The map is brand new, and is likely to be missing some detail, have
confusing areas, or even have mistakes. The areas in the immediate
vicinity of the controls have been checked with care. Detail in
areas more than 1 or 2 blocks away from a control should be taken
with a grain of salt. The basic road layout is correct, but it may
not always be possible to get through, over, or under obstacles.
You will probably want to bring along money to purchase food and
drink along the way. Keep in mind that many businesses in the loop
are closed on Saturday morning, so plan accordingly.
Rules (read carefully—they differ from most CAOC
events):
Teams are encouraged (for safety), but not required. If you are
a part of a team, all members must stay together for the entire
course. Any teams seen splitting up will be disqualified. Teams
on bicycles or with strollers may separate only insomuch as they
need to watch their equipment when approaching each control. Most
controls can be visited without climbing off a bike.
Bikes, scooters, and roller blades, etc. are allowed, but you must
declare whether you are running or riding/rolling before the start.
Strollers or carts are allowed in the "running" category
for children under 10 years old.
Using public transportation is allowed and even encouraged.
Day passes are available
from the CTA for $5. Taxis, limos, private cars, motorcycles,
mopeds, or other "personal" transportation are not allowed—only
regularly-scheduled public transportation. Any team using private
transportation will be disqualified.
The race is a score-O format with controls scattered across the
map. They can be visited in any order. Each control will be worth
between 1-5 points, depending on the difficulty of the control location,
as well as distance from the start. Competitors will be ranked by
the total number of points they accumulate. Ties will be broken
based on the time that each competitor finishes. The course will
be designed to make it difficult for runners to get to every control
in the 4-hour limit. Teams on bicycles may be able to sweep the
course.
Like recent Lincoln Park events, soda cans will be used for controls,
with chalk markings on nearby sidewalks as backup. Each can will
have the control number, and a two-letter code to use as proof that
competitors were there.
As an experiment, competitors
are encouraged to bring digital cameras to
prove that they visited each control. Photographs must clearly show
the control and its location, but the two-letter code doesn't necessarily
need to be readable in the picture. All photographs must be taken
with the same camera (so make sure you have sufficient batteries
and memory for up to 50 control photos). Any individual or team
who takes pictures that can be downloaded to the meet director's
computer at the finish (USB, CompactFlash, or SD cards accepted)
will be given a bonus of 10 points (that's
equivalent to two of the most difficult controls). By using this
method, competitors agree to let the Chicago Area Orienteering Club
use these photographs for promotion on the Internet, in print, or
for any other purposes. (Note: most "camera"
phones do not have a convenient method for downloading pictures
to another computer—contact the meet
director (773-563-0052) before the event if you have any questions.
If your phone has a removable card, it may work just fine.)
Competitors without digital cameras may simply write down the two-letter
codes at each control location on a piece of paper (available at
the start). Teams will also be expected to write the time each control
is visited. Codes without times will receive half credit at
the discretion of the meet director. So, bring
a watch, or be prepared to ask a lot of strangers
for the time....
Teams or individuals finishing after 2:45 p.m. will be penalized
for each minute or part of a minute that they are late. Any team
or individual finishing after 3:30 will be disqualified. Competitors
may finish before 2:45 p.m. with no penalty.
There is no restriction on the use of additional navigational
aids, such as street maps and GPS devices. (However, GPS receivers
are notoriously inaccurate in the concrete jungle of the Loop.)
You may even ask bystanders for navigational assistance. You
may not, however, share codes between teams. Each
competitor must physically visit each control to receive credit.
Competitors are expected to keep themselves safe, and to protect
those around them (including and especially people not participating
in the event—"civilians"). Any team behaving in
a manner deemed by race officials to be reckless or hazardous will
be disqualified (and given a stern talking-to). The Chicago Area
Orienteering Club is not equipped to offer medical assistance of
any kind. Competitors are encouraged to carry a mobile phone with
them along the route and call 911 in case of emergency. Any competitors
who are unable to finish by 3:30 should call the meet director at
773-563-0052 so we don't have to organize a rescue party for you.
For safety and liability reasons, teams must have at least one
person 18 years old or older. No one under the age of 18 will be
allowed to compete solo.
Any competitor who arrives late will be started as soon as practical
for the meet director. The finish time will not be adjusted for
a late start (2:45 p.m.). If you know you will arrive late, please
call the meet director at 773-563-0052.
Directions:
Public transportation: The start is two blocks
south of the North-Clybourn stop of the Red line of the CTA. Walk
south on Clybourn to Halsted, then south on Halsted to the store
(REI—1466 N Halsted).
Driving: Take the Kennedy Expressway to North Ave
(Exit 48B). Go east 0.8 miles to Clybourn and take a right. Go one
block and turn right again to go south on Halsted. The store (REI—1466
N Halsted) is on your right, with parking behind the store, accessible
from Dayton St. REI validates for 90 minutes of parking, but considering
this is a 4-hour event, you're likely to pay $12 or $16 for the
remaining time. Some on-street parking is available within a couple
blocks, if you'd rather not park in the garage.
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