Rss/XmlRookies Rampage Gorge Orienteering Course
Photo by Ivan Arredondo
Report by Scott Markham
Any adventure racer who's gone a long time without competing can tell you, it is tough when you finally return to the field. However, once you are back in action, all those days spent at work daydreaming of doing something fun seem so short.
Although each team members' vacation schedule wreaked havoc on Rookie Rampage's race plans for the summer/fall of 2007, we still managed to find time to get together Sunday, September 22, for an orienteering event hosted by Columbia River Orienteering Club at Catherine Creek State Park in Washington. It was nice to see everyone again who could make it.
Cristina Fillis, Kim Rienholdt, Ivan Arredondo, and a new Rookie â?? Jeff. True to Rookie Rampage form, we took our main sponsor Checkpoint Zero a little too seriously and found exactly that many checkpoints in the first 30 minutes!
Racing is a lot like riding a bike, though. Once you get your form back, you are off and running. While not the fastest team at the event, we were impressed that we were able to navigate to the remaining 13 checkpoints with relative ease.
The views from the course were awesome, as is any course in the Columbia River Gorge. Next up for us is a night time orienteering event and will be fun. One day we will field a team for an upcoming adventure race and when we do we will be bigger, better and stronger! And of course,we'll have fun!
