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Dan Chissick - Israel - MTB-WOC Terrain

MTB-WOC Terrain

Less than 3 weeks to go, and Im really starting to look forward to the MTB-WOC. Bulletin 3 was published a few weeks ago, with some more details about the events, and now Id like to give my perspective on the terrain.Israel is more suited to MTB-O than to foot-O,…
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with very few fine contour details, but lots of big, rounded hills. Our forests are mainly planted pine forests, with a dense network of wide tracks, and in the past few years the popularity of mountain biking in general has added a lot of single-track paths in many areas.As a result, most route choices will involve rough topographical detail and easily ridden tracks, but I suspect that the single-tracks will offer some very technical riding in the vicinity of the controls. The competition areas vary from moderately hilly to steep hills, with no real mountains - no map has a…

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