Team Clearly Elk (anagram of Clare and Kelly) braved wintery conditions for the Jim Plant Memorial Ski-Orienteering contest. For those who don’t know, Ski Orienteering is where one skis around a course as fast as one can while reading the map and hitting checkpoints in order.
The Map and a Checkpoint
It’s a combination of athletic prowess, endurance, map and geography negotiation, and patience. Kelly and I demonstrated all of these attributes over the course of the day. We did not come in last place, so that was nice…but we definitely have a long way to go before we dominate.
Kelly the Navigator
Clare the Scout
We Went Off the Beaten Path! Going through powder is exciting on skinny cross country skis.
Yeah, it was a low snow year…
Kelly at the Finish Line
Clare at the Finish Line
Our results…notice how some of the checkpoints took a lot longer for us to reach than others…yeah, those were the hard ones!
Thanks to Kelly for making this contest uber fun and for being patient with the map! I can’t wait to give it a go next year!!!
Tags: CO, Cross Country Skiing, Frisco, Jim Plant Memorial Ski Orienteering Contest, Kelly