Quantico Hangman Tree

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November 4
Sunday

For the second day of our two-day Fall orienteering weekend, the action moves from the ravines and steep climbs of Fountainhead to the rolling open woodland of Training Area 16B west of Hangman Tree Road on Quantico Marine Corps Base (QMCB). This area was newly mapped by QOC's Francis Hogle for last year's national meet. The only change this year is that registration will not be at the very end of Hangman Tree Road where it runs up to the base perimeter fence. Instead, it will be in Landing Zone (LZ) Canary, an open area with some elevation on the west side of the road about 2000 meters south of that. Driving directions are below, and a map with driving directions on base is here.

Daniel Heimgartner and Bill Wright are designing and setting a full set of courses that will allow runners to enjoy the contrast with Saturday's Fountainhead event. Event timing is standard. Registration opens at 10:45am. Courses open at 11:00pm. All participants need to be out of the woods by 3:00pm. [You will have set your clocks back an hour on Saturday night, right?]

Please read the directions in the next three paragraphs carefully:

Since this event is being held on a US Marine Corps installation, there are unique administrative requirements that must be met. All participants 18 and older are required to submit full name, nationality and social security number (for US citizens) or passport number (for non-US citizens) using the encrypted form available HERE. The form must be submitted no later than 11:59pm on Tuesday, 30 October. That's five days before the meet, so don't wait to accomplish this task. When arriving at the MCBQ West Gate (directions below) all adult participants will need to present driver's license or passport to be checked against the list of names and SSNs submitted in advance. Those with military identification or CAC cards do not need to submit the data described above.

In addition to the security data, each attendee over the age of 18 (both those who run courses and those who do not) will have to sign and submit a special 'adult waiver' for MCBQ. Please print out, sign and turn in the waiver at registration. If you arrive without a signed waiver, there will be blank waiver forms at registration, but it will speed the registration process if you have it done in advance.

For each attendee under the age of 18, there is a waiver form for minors that must be signed by his/her parent/guardian. Those under the age of 18 who will not be accompanied by their parent/guardian must ensure that a parent/guardian has signed the form before they depart for the event. For youth groups such as JROTC units and FUMA, group leaders will collect a form for each minor signed by his/her parent/guardian and collate and bring to registration with a copy of the unit's group registration form and payment. Registrars will verify that everyone on the group registration has a signed waiver. No youth group member (or any other minor) will be allowed to run without the waiver signed by his/her parent/legal guardian. Again, if there are any youth group members who are 18 or older, they must provide the data required of adult participants. Youth group leaders should feel free to contact the meet director with any questions.

For those who will be coming south on I-95 to get to QMCB for the event, it is important to note that Dominion Power will be upgrading transmission lines crossing the highway on Saturdays and Sundays through November 4th, the day of our meet. Work will take place between sunrise and 10am, and delays may persist after that time, so consider route variations and allow extra time to get to QMCB, also keeping in mind that it is about 20 minutes driving time from the West Gate to LZ Canary.