Rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote: >I loved the sentence: "One gentleman made it in 15 hours, he had real maps. >We only had a photocopy with no elevation." > >Wow. Real maps. Imagine the stupidity of signing up for 24 hours in the >wilderness and not bringing a "real map". > > In many of these types of adventure race events it is against the rules to bring your own maps, for a variety of reasons. There is a certain amount of trust that these race directors will do their job -- in this case they simply didn't. Of course the individuals need to take responsibility for themselves but if you want to participate in these types of events you are always putting some amount of faith in the directors. b *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 29 2004 - 13:31:12 PDT
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