The Eighth Annual BAOC Golden Goat
An Orienteering Adventure Race
November 23, 2003
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park, San Jose
[Update: see Course Setter's
Notes (posted 11/21)]
The
Bay Area Orienteering Club invites you to the eighth running of the Golden
Goat. What is a Goat? It’s a long orienteering race with a mass start, for
teams and individuals, plus some twists:
skips, a fork and a window. It’s suitable for those in good shape with
intermediate to advanced navigation ability. There will be two lengths, the
Goat and the Kid. For beginning orienteers, we will also have White and Yellow
regular courses.
Course
Statistics
Depending on your route choices, the Goat will
be about 11km with 700m climb; the Kid will be about 7km with 400m climb.
You must decide before you start which course you will do.
Skips
Runners
on the Goat can skip two controls; those on the Kid can skip one. Choose your
skips carefully! The right choice can make the difference between winning and
losing.
Forks
The
Goat course will have one forked control. Of two controls, you only need to
find one. For example, from control 8 the course will fork to 9a and 9b. Choose
one, and go to it before moving on to number 10. Or, choose control 9 as one of
your skips.
Windows
There
will be five controls in a box on the map. You can do these in any order.
Skipping a windowed control is ok. Both the Goat and the Kid will have a
window.
Registration
Pre-registration
is required for the Goat and the Kid. There is no pre-registration for the
White and Yellow courses, but groups of ten or more are asked to notify the
meet director in advance, so that we can print enough maps. Your registration
fee of $20 for the Goat or Kid includes a limited-edition Golden Goat short-sleeve
T-short, sure to be a collector’s item. You may, however, register for $10
if you do not want a T-shirt. White and Yellow courses will have the usual
fees (T-shirt not included.) To be sure we have a map and T-shirt for you,
please pre-register for the Kid or Goat via email by November 12 to baoc_goat
yahoo.com.
Include your team name, and the name, sex, age, club, and T-shirt size of
each member. You can pay at registration or send a check payable to BAOC to:
Jeff Lanam, 382 Caribe Way, San Jose 95133. We will not have electronic punching
for this event. Watch the website
and Bayonet for updates.
Terrain
Almaden
Quicksilver has terrain typical of other BAOC venues- steep rolling hills
with oak forests intermixed with grass clearings. Locals tend to favor cleats
for climbing and descending slippery grass slopes and gaiters for minimizing
contact with stickers and burrs. Elevations range between 600’ and 1800’.
Directions
From
north of San Jose, take highway 85 south to Almaden Expressway. Go south on
Almaden Expressway 4.5 miles to Almaden Road. Go right on Almaden Road though
the town of New Almaden and look for the large parking lot on the right. From
south of San Jose, take 85 north to Almaden Expressway, or take Monterey Highway
to Bailey Avenue, right on McKean Road, and left on Almaden Road.