Tough and Challenging at South Island Champs

In the huge beech forests of Waikaia was the South Island Champs competed on the long, middle and sprint distance. The area is unique as runable beechforest is in short supply and it is a superb feeling running through the native forest surrounded with different shades of green and little…
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streams and marshes. The biggest orienteering technical challenge is to keep track of where you are in the low visibility native bush, because if you get lost it is normally going to take a while to figure out where you are as everything looks the same with streams, beech forest and a big slope everywhere. Even the second rounds competitions had lots of rain and together with the tough and challenging terrain the kilometre rates for the winners were more than double the ones from the Wellington Champs. Jenni Adams took the win in the middle distance and the sprint…

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