Crow's Nest

It was a fine day to explore for the first time a terrain that seems like one we will be happy to add to the QOC roster of venues! Even with a non-fieldchecked map, Greg's basemap (primarily generated using LiDAR-generated contours) was on the whole accurate enough for navigation, and the terrain was certainly able to provide both a mental and physical challenge.
Congratulations to the 3 orienteers who found all 20 controls set by Tom Strat within the 2 hour limit: Ken Walker Jr., Ted Good and Ryan Stasiokowski. A few folks deserve special thanks for hanging around in the cold after their runs and helping with control pickup: Nadim Ahmed, Don Fish, Kim Jepsen, Greg Lennon, Tom Nolan, and Howie Weinstein.
And a big thanks is owed to Mike Lott, the Park Steward, who helped make this event the success it was; we look forward to bringing our environmentally-friendly form of "passive recreation" back to this park many times in the years to come, and to working with Mike and the VA DCR on collaborative projects as well.

Results

20 Controls, each 10 points = 200 points (max)
Penalty was 10 points per 2 minutes over the 2 hour time limit.

PlaceNameScoreTimePre-Penalty ScorePenalty
1 Ken Walker 200 88:29 200
2 Ted Good 200 107:05 200
3 Ryan Stasiokowski 200 110:20 200
4 Bryan Garman 180 117:26 180
5 Jon Torrance 170 111:22 170
6 Kim Jepsen 170 114:56 170
7 David Pruden 160 95:54 160
8 Jan Merka 150 115:11 150
9 Greg Lennon 150 117:26 150
10 Mike Stasiokowski 150 117:58 150
11 Dan Quinn 140 109:45 140
12 Eric Hallstrom 140 113:39 140
13 Tom Nolan 140 120:59 150 10
14 Tony Garman 130 121:29 140 10
15 Nadim Ahmed 130 122:33 150 20
16 Jeremy Kinsell & Eli Swartz 120 113:39 120
17 Keg Good 110 112:20 110
18 Bill Wright 110 118:54 110
19 Tom Wells 90 105:00 90
20 Peggy Dickison 90 124:44 120 30
21 Don Fish 80 93:23 80
22 Moa Nissar 80 111:45 80
23 Kathleen Lennon 80 120:16 90 10
24 John Baker 80 127:27 120 40
25 Dasa Merkova 70 105:33 70
26 Joonas Paakkonen 60 89:56 60
27 Howie Weinstein 60 142:27 180 120
28 Marit Luersen 50 129:42 100 50
29 David Levine 30 134:10 110 80
30 Bob Luersen -20 132:46 50 70