--- Ananda Ranasinghe <janandar@...> wrote:

> From: "Ananda Ranasinghe" <janandar@...>
> To: <arbuddies@...>
> CC: "Kim Wright" <Wickedtwicket2@...>
> Subject: RE: scarab/laoc
> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 10:12:11 -0800
>
> Hello David:
>
> Thanks for your e-mail. The LAOC web-site is the
> authoritative source for
> LAOC event information. We don't have a list server
> that sends out e-mails;
> our folks check the schedule on the web-site for
> updates, event info, and
> results and your folks are welcome to do the same.
>
> I'm sure you'll be interested to know that LAOC has
> added a new course to
> our standard set because of the demand from
> Adventure Racers, We call it
> Long-Orange (in the U.S., courses are identified by
> color) and the level of
> navigational challenge is intermediate, but the
> level of physical challenge
> level is advanced.
>
> Our next event will be at Santa Fe Dam on November
> 14th. The course designer
> decided on a Score-O where participants visit as
> many controls as possible
> in a fixed time in any order they want (as opposed
> to classic orienteering,
> the controls must be visited in order). Points
> awarded for each control
> vary, depending on proximity to the start/finish,
> elevation and navigational
> difficulty and choices often make a difference.
>
> There is a Yahoo e-mail group call SCONet (for
> Southern California
> Orienteering Network) for which you can sign up.
> Several clubs use it but
> the emphasis tends to be more on regional than local
> events.
>
> I too look forward to seeing lots of scarab members
> at our events. If they
> become regulars, we'll probably try and rope them in
> to help at events, too.
>
> Regards
>
> Ananda
>




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