Meet Director: Steve Breese
Course Setter: Natalia Babeti
Schedule:
| 9:30 a.m. |
Beginners' Clinic |
| 10 a.m. |
Registration and Start |
| 12 p.m. |
Registration closes |
| 2 p.m. |
Courses close |
(Maximum time on course: 3 hours)
Cost: (per individual or team)
| CAOC members |
$7 |
| non-members |
$10 |
| additional maps |
$3 |
| rental compass |
$1 |
| ePunch rental |
$5 |
| ePunch purchase |
$30 |
(We suggest a maximum of four people per group.)
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Online
registration is open.
Details:
Busse Woods, just east of Woodfield Mall, will be a delight for
precise navigators this spring. We'll be using the wooded section
on the north side of Higgins Road. The area is very flat, with large
areas without trails or other man-made features, so it is easy to
get lost! Plan on practicing pace counting, walking a compass bearing,
and other orienteering techniques such as use of handrails, attack
points and catching features. Come to the Beginners' Clinic at 9:30
if you want to learn what it's all about!
We'll be offering the standard courses -- white and yellow for
beginners, orange for intermediate, and red and green for advanced.
Hope to see you there! UPDATE: In addition to the
usual Red and Green courses, ePunch will be used on the Orange course.
(Paper punch may also be used on Orange if desired.)
Directions:
Take I-90 (Kennedy Expwy and Northwest Tollway) northwest of the
Loop 21 miles. Exit at Arlington Heights Rd. and turn left (south).
Go 1 mile to Higgins Rd. Turn right and go 1.2 miles to the second
entrance to the forest preserve on your right. Watch for the red
and white orienteering signs to direct you to the registration area.
You can also take I-290 / Route 53 to Higgins Rd. and go east 1.2
miles to the second forest preserve entrance on the left
(north).
Public Transportation:
The Pace #208 bus runs every half-hour starting at 7:45 a.m. from
the Davis stop on the Purple Line in Evanston. The bus travels along
Golf Road which borders Busse Woods on the north. A much shorter
bus ride is available on the #606 Pace bus that leaves the Rosemont
stop on the Blue Line at 8:15 and 9:45 Sunday mornings and also
travels west on Golf Road. Get off either bus at the intersection
of Golf and I-90, cross the drainage ditch near Salt Creek, and
walk south into the fields and woods of the forest preserve, making
sure you've brought an old copy of the orienteering map for guidance.
On the way back to the City, you can stop for a hamburger and beer
at Portillo's or Chili's on Golf Road near the bus stop (under 1
mile of walking from the bus to the meet location).
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