EVENT
DIRECTOR’S NOTES
Welcome
to BAOCs 2006 Lake Tahoe “barebones” orienteering event. Between the hassle involved in moving
Saturday’s venue from Fallen Leaf Lake to Spooner, and the even bigger hassle
involved in getting our insurance papers correctly submitted, I am happy at
this point that we are holding this meet at all! We have made every effort to put the controls in the proper
locations, though, since when all is said and done, that’s what makes for a successful
orienteering event.
Parking
both Saturday and Sunday will be in the Nevada Department of Transportation
(NDOT) lot near the intersection of Highway 28 and US 50. From South Lake Tahoe, head north on US 50
roughly 12 miles. Turn left onto
Highway 28 at the intersection, and then make an almost immediate left turn
into the parking lot after that. Signs
should direct you to the parking lot from the Highway 28/US 50
intersection. We will almost certainly
not have parking monitors in the lot, so please park in an intelligent manner,
to make sure we will have room in the lot to hold everyone’s vehicle.
Both
registration and the staging area for the start will be in the NDOT lot on
Saturday. You need to be aware of a
non-standard start procedure on Saturday.
To avoid an ugly climb right out of the start, we hoped to have a
standard remote start at a higher elevation.
Unfortunately, the Forest Service was absolutely insistent that the
staging area for the start be on pavement.
So that is where the initial callup line will be located. You should plan to arrive at the staging area
ready to go ten minutes
before your actual start time, as you will get 5 minutes to hike halfway up the
hill to the second callup line, and then another 5 minutes to get the rest of
the way up the hill to the actual start of navigation. It is approximately 350 meters from the
staging area at the parking lot to the start of navigation, with a 50 meter
climb. Consider this to be a good
warmup before the start of your race!
The
US Trail Orienteering championships will be held in conjunction with this event
on Saturday afternoon. This event will
be held at Spooner Lake State Park proper, so you will need to cross Highway 28
at the west end of the NDOT lot and follow the trail to registration and the
start area if you plan to participate in the trail-O event. We may or may not have traffic monitors at
that crossing point to help you check for traffic, so USE CAUTION when crossing the highway! We encourage you to participate in the
trail-O event even if you have not preregistered for it, as there will be no
late fee charged for day-of-event entries.
The price will still be $10 for adults and $5 for juniors.
Sunday’s
foot-O event will also take place at Spooner Lake State Park proper. Park in the NDOT lot again, and be sure to USE CAUTION when crossing the
highway to registration and the staging area for the start.
This
will NOT be a two-day total time event.
Saturday’s middle distance course and Sunday’s classic length course
will be considered to be two separate events, and awards will be given for each
event separately at the end of each day.
This
event will be “all E-punch”, which means that recreational orienteers will be
using exactly the same start/finish area and start/finish procedure as the orienteers
in the competitive classes. If you
rented an e-stick from us, be sure to return it immediately after completing
your course on your last day of competition.
APPROXIMATE TIME SCHEDULE:
Friday,
June 23:
7 PM to 10 PM—Packet pickup at
Best Western Station House Inn, 901 Park Avenue, South Lake Tahoe.
Saturday,
June 24:
9 AM—Registration/packet pickup
open.
10 AM—First foot-O starts
3 PM—Foot-O courses close
11 AM to 3 PM—Trail-O course
open
4 PM (or earlier if we can
manage)—Awards presentation
There may or may not be an
informal social event planned for Saturday night. Stay tuned for more details!
Sunday,
June 25:
8 AM—Registration/packet pickup
open
9 AM—First starts
2 PM—Foot-O courses close
3 PM (or earlier if we can
manage)—Awards presentation
SAFETY INFORMATION:
You must check in at the finish and the Electronic
Punching (EP) download station whether you finish your course or not. If you do not check in, we must assume you
are either lost or injured, and will have to start an unnecessary search and
rescue effort.
The courses will close at 3 pm Saturday and 2 pm Sunday.
Please return by closing time. Please do not try to finish your course
or get "just one more control" if you cannot get back to the finish
by closing time. You will have the full
three hours to finish, and if you do not return by that time, according to USOF
rules, you will be classified as overtime, and your time will not count anyway. Please be courteous to the organizers and
not make them wait and worry if you are lost or injured by not showing up
before closing time.
The safety bearing is east on Saturday. You will
eventually reach either Highway 28 or Highway 50 if you keep heading east (most
likely Highway 28). The parking area is
at the intersection of Highway 50 (which heads north-south) and Highway 28,
(which heads northwest-southeast)
The safety bearing is south on Sunday. You will eventually reach either Spooner
Lake, Highway 28, or Highway 50 if you keep heading south (most likely Spooner
Lake).
Whistles are required to be worn by all
competitors. If you are injured or
hopelessly lost, give three short blasts on the whistle, and repeat about every
30 seconds or so. Whistles are not
toys, and every competitor is required to respond to a person in distress who
is using the whistle in an emergency.
Please do not ruin someone else's run by needlessly blowing your
whistle.
There will be first aid at the finish. The first aid coordinator will be Joan Roos,
RN, Nurse practitioner. Evan Custer,
M.D. will also be at the event for consultation in an emergency situation.
There is an emergency room at Barton Memorial
Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, about 15 miles from the event site. It is at 2170 South Avenue at the corner of
3rd St. The phone number is
530-541-3420. The directions to the
hospital are:
Go
west on US 50 through South Lake Tahoe.
Two blocks before the "Y" intersection with Highway 89 on the
west edge of town, turn left on 3rd Street. Proceed south on 3rd
Street 4 blocks to the hospital.
EVENT OFFICIALS:
Event
director—Steve Gregg
Course
setters—Thorsten Graeve (Saturday), Dan Stoll-Hadayia (Sunday)
Map
production and vetting—Bob Cooley
Registrar—Steve
Beuerman
Recreational
registration—Ev and Jean Beuerman
Starts--Scott
Aster
Finishes--Dan
Greene
Signage
and equipment—Mark Blair
E-punch—Trinka
Gillis
Control
pickup—Kelly Wells
First
aid—Joan Roos