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Central New York Orienteering welcomes the brave, the strong, and the daring to their 2008 edition of orienteering's fastest growing technique; the ROGAINE. An acronym commonly referred to as Rugged Outdoor Group Activity Involving Navigation and Endurance (and not some miracle hair tonic), this form of long distance orienteering team event originated in Australia during the mid-1980's and has begun to rapidly spread the world over.
HOW - The idea of ROGAINE is quite simple; teams of two or more people have a fixed amount of time (6, 12, or 24 hours in this particular event) to visit as many checkpoints as possible by walking, running, or resting as they see fit. These checkpoints (controls) are spread over a large area and are pre-marked on a detailed topographic map that is given to the participants just prior to the start of the event. Varying point values are assigned to each of these controls based on factors such as distance from the start, elevation, and difficulty of navigation required to locate the features at each control. Each team amasses as many points as possible before time expires by visiting what they consider to be an optimum set of controls since it will be impossible for most to visit all available control sites. The team with the highest total score decides placing with point total ties broken based upon the team's return time.
WHAT - This year's meet will actually consist of three events in one: A 6-hour "sprint", a 12-hour "warm-up", and a 24-hour "genuine" (purists believe that anything less than 24 hours is not a true ROGAINE.) event. Participants may sign up for one of the lesser "distances" and move up to a longer event after the start, BUT; a team may NOT move down to a shorter distance after this time.
WHEN - Base Camp will open at 6:00pm on Friday, July 11, 2008. Meet packets may be picked up and late registrations will take place at the Base Camp from 7:00pm to 10:00pm Friday, 7/11/08, and from 8:00am to 10:30am on Saturday, 7/12/08. A mandatory, pre-race meeting for ALL participants will take place at Base Camp at 11:00am Saturday, July 12, 2008, with a mass start of all participants at 12:00 noon on Saturday, 7/12/08.
WHO - Meet Directors: Pete Dady, dady@toast.net, 607-756-8308; Shawn Forney, sxf36@hotmail.com, 315-472-6518. Registrar: Barb Dominie, sochopx@peoplepc.com.
LOCATION - Base Camp (start/finish/camping, etc.) is SSW of Dryden in Hammond Hill State Forest at Camp Earth Connections.
DIRECTIONS - From Route 13: Follow Rt. 13 North from Ithaca past NYSEG. About 4_ miles past
NYSEG, turn right onto Irish Settlement Rd. In a few hundred feet Irish Settlement makes a jog to the left a jog to the right and then continues up the hill stay on Irish Settlement Rd. After a total of 3_ miles
from Rt. 13, turn left onto Hammond Hill Rd., then bear right where Star Stanton Rd. goes left. Continue uphill. You will drive past a parking lot, down a hill, and up another hill (for a total of 1.8 miles from Irish Settlement Rd.) to the camp gate on the right.
From Route 79: Take Rt. 79 East from Ithaca towards Slaterville Springs. Go one mile past Caroline Elementary School and turn left on Midline Rd. After 2_ miles, bear right onto Irish Settlement Rd. where Midline Rd. goes left. After 1.8 miles turn right onto Hammond Hill Rd. Bear right where Star Stanton Rd. goes left and continue uphill. You will drive past a parking lot, down a hill, and up another hill (for a total of 1.8 miles from Irish Settlement Rd.) to the camp gate on the right.
RULES - Team members must stay within visual AND verbal contact at ALL times throughout the competition and BOTH must sign in at each control. Participants must complete this event under their own power; there is no use of motorized vehicles, bicycles, accepted rides, etc., at any time. No aid from others is allowed during race times, including but not limited to drops of extra food and supplies in the competition area. No use of GPS or altimeters is allowed. It IS permissible to return to Base Camp to replenish supplies, eat & drink, sleep, etc., as often as the team wishes. Teams may change to a longer race length ONLY if they inform meet officials at Base Camp BEFORE the time for their registered event has expired.
AWARDS - EXTREMELY expensive and prestigious awards will be given to the top three point totals in these categories for each of the hourly events.
| * MALE * (Team w/2+ Males) | * FEMALE * (Team w/2+ Females) |
| * CO-ED * (Team w/1+ Male & 1+ Female) | * MASTERS * (Team w/2+ Persons Over Age 40) |
| * JUNIORS * (Team w/Persons Under Age 18) | |
MAP - Using USGS topographic data, high resolution orthophotos, and DEC land use maps as base materials along with actual field surveys, a detailed topographical map of the competition area was produced entitled ³Hammond Hill². The scale is 1:30,000 with a 5-meter contour interval and is printed with a color laser printer. A select set of mapping standards are used; i.e. to Orienteers the amount of detail will be less than the average orienteering competition map but, to the typical hiking enthusiast, this map will have substantially more detail than the general USGS maps commonly available.
ENVIRONMENT and TERRAIN - The terrain consists of typical Central NY glaciated terrain consisting of old farmland reforested after the depression with active farms in the fertile lowlands. This region, situated just north of the Catskill Mountain range, varies from flat and bland to very steep, hill/valley contour relief. Mobility will range from extremely fast runability in mature woodlots to slow passage sections due to young hardwood re-growth/logged/blackberry patches (NYS reforestation lands are actively harvested). Trail network ranges from minimal to moderate with a moderate road network throughout. Weather at this time of year can range from mid 40's to upper 90's for daytime highs and a chance of freezing possible at night. Quick-developing rain (and lightning) storms are very possible during mid-summer with high humidity conditions common. Primary insect problems will be from deer flies during the day and mosquitoes at night. Ticks are not commonly a problem but are possible. It gets very dark at night though you will have a waxing gibbous moon to help. Equipment for all of these possibilities should be considered. Plan for the worst and hope for the best.
REGISTRATION & FEES - Entries postmarked/e-mailed before 7/3/08 will have an entry fee of $45/person. ALL phoned-in entries and entries postmarked after this 7/3/08 date will be assessed a $10/person surcharge. Day of event entries may not have pre-marked maps available. NO entries will be accepted after 10:30am on day of event. These dates/times will be STRICTLY adhered to. Updates and additional details will be posted on the CNYO web site (http://cnyo.us.orienteering.org).
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