Re: RC: Re: Welcome back

[Sarah Ralston <ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>]

At 12:43 PM 12/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>At the Far Out Forest the first check (for the 100) is at 30 miles, you fly
>by  the 16 mile check which is used for the 50's.  At the OD the first
>is 25
>again you fly by at the 12 mile check at the river.  BUT you can still stop
>at these points, take 15 minutes to feed and water a bit and electrolyte.
>That is what I normally do and I find especially at about 80 miles that 15
>minutes "wasted" in the morning was time well spent.
>
>Truman

Amen. 
The beauty of the OD is the "fly by" at the river after a pretty hard climb 
and the relatively easy access to roads and help if needed. That second ROC
was scary mainly because of how remote the first check was and how
incredibly tough the first 25 miles were!


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