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FOOL'S ROGAINE
Teams of 2 or solos will travel by foot throughout the vast acreage of Harriman State Park searching for checkpoints. You will travel along the parks roads and on trails. There will be separate drop-off areas where teams will enter the woods.
Fees:
NYARA Members $15.00, Non Members $30.00
Register Online Here
Event Info:
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 10:00 AM
Kanawauke Circle Parking Lot
Seven Lakes Drive - Harriman State Park
Registration open at 8:30am.
Race Breif at 9:45am.
Race Start is at 10am.
6 Hour race time limit
Course closes at 4pm sharp.
The Scoop:
Checkpoints are scattered in the woods over a wide area.
Each control will have a point value.
Teams must strategize in determining which controls to go after and still make it back before the cut-off.
Teams arriving late will have points deducted from their total: the highest valued control for each minute beginning at 4:01pm
MY time!! The sweet thing is that you can do as much of the course as you like!
The course will be friendly at all levels 'cos YOU pick the checkpoints to go after!
Gear
A pre-printed map of the area showing the checkpoint locations (Scale 1:24,000) will be given to each team member. You may also want to have a copy of the NY/NJ Trail Conference maps for Harriman State Park (available at EMS and the NY/NJ Trail Conference website.). Compass and Whistle (NO WHISTLE, NO GO!) Small first aid kit (1 per team) Map case or large Zip-loc Food and water for 6 hours Backpack Foul weather gear SUGGESTED GEAR: cell phone
Higly Recommended Gear
clear plastic tape or laminate or BOTH!!! (to protect your punch card/maps) Scissors Even more zip loc baggies (1 gallon size) Purification tablets for water (you may need them!!) Extra clothes/shoes/socks/hat/gloves Waterproof shell or 2 or 3 Sharpie or other indelible marker (important)
Optional Bike
For those of you who want to double your fun, there will be another section to the course and you will need a bike to get there. All bike travel will be on roads.
Additional Information
Click this Link for a Google map to the start location
Coming from the south Start at: I-287 W/I-87 N/New York State Thruway N.
Head west on I-87 N/New York State Thruway N toward Exit 15 - 1.8 mi.
Take exit 15A for RT-17 N/RT-59 toward Sloatsburg/Suffern - 0.2 mi.
Turn left at Orange Turnpike/RT-17 - 2.5 mi.
Turn right at Seven Lakes Dr/Seven Lakes Pkwy - 1.5 mi.
We will be parking at Kanawauke.
PLEASE NOTE!!!
County Highway 106 between Route 17 and Kanawauke Circle is closed.
THERE IS NO CAR ACCESS ALONG THIS ROAD.
The only way to access the parking lot is to travel along Seven Lakes Drive from the North or South, or from the East along Kanawauke Road / Gate Hill Road
Kanawauke Circle Parking
From South: I-87 Exit 15A to Rt 17 North. Go about 2.5 mi into Sloatsburg. Turn Right (at light) onto Seven Lakes Drive. Go about 7 mi to Kanawauke Circle. Go around to 3rd Exit and turn onto Rt 106 West. Go 0.3 mi to the Kanawaukee Circle parking lot.
From North: Bear Mountain Bridge to Rt 6 West to the Long Mountain (Queensboro) Circle to Seven Lakes Drive South. Stay on Seven Lakes Drive about 7 mi (through Tiorati circle) to the Kanawaukee Circle. Take 1st Exit to Rt 106 West and go 0.3 mi to the Kanawaukee Circle parking lot.
A Wee Poem About The Event:
A year has past, since we last played the fool in the woods.
He's been kniving long, and now has gone to great lengths to fool you all.
You'll find this year a different sport where thinking will be needed.
Don't forget your PEN, you'll need when the CP's you will visit.
The one that wins may not be, the one who visits the most.
You'll find out soon enough, at the briefing as the FOOL lets the cat out.
Contact:
Denise Mast at denise@nyara.org or 917-669-4935
Discussion Board
Mar 27, 2009
PJS Registration Would we be able to register on site the day of the event?
Jan 24, 2009
Richard Brounstein Bulletin Board is now open for Fools Rogaine Looking for a partner, have a question for the teammates or a comment for feedback? This is where you can post discussion threads.
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