This link is to a map of some very nice looking terrain in Finland. Supposedly it is not far from next year's World Champs.

http://user.sgic.fi/~ksk/hrv/ponsa_etela_h21.gif

-- Michael (meglin@juno.com), August 10, 2000

Answers

from 3 to 4, what is your route choice? Is the crossable marsh to be avoided or is it a possible option? Is it just sloppy but still not much loss in speed?

-- mean gene (gmw@ukans.edu), August 10, 2000.

Looks like mostly just straight line compass running to me.

-- Snorkel (danielmeenehan@aol.com), August 10, 2000.

On 3-4, I would go a little bit south of the straight-line. I would not avoid running across the marsh. But, it probably would be slow/tough running. The marshes in Scandinavia vary a lot, but are usually easier to run through than the marshes you find in the US.

-- Michael (mike_eglinski@kcmo.org), August 11, 2000.

Check out Bjornar Valstad's routes. He went around the big marsh (but to the north). He also boomed the control.

http://user.sgic.fi/~ksk/hrv/ponsa_etela_h21_reitti.gif

Liisa Anttila's routes for the same map (but not the same course) are at:

http://user.sgic.fi/~ksk/hrv/ponsa_etela_d21_reitti.gif

Liisa ran right through the big marsh that is between 3-4 on the men's course.

-- Michael (mike_eglinski@kcmo.org), August 17, 2000.