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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 and HVO Members are $15.00, Non Members $30.00
Register Online Here
Event Info:
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:00 AM
Harriman State Park
Tiorati Circle Parking Lot
Registration open at 8:30am.
Race Brief 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 and solos must strategize in determining which controls to go after and still make it back before the cut-off. 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.
Directions-Tiorati Circle Parking
From South: I-87 Exit 15A to Rt 17 N. Go about 2.5 mi into Sloatsburg. Turn Right onto Seven Lakes Drive. Go 9 mi to Tiorati Circle. 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 to Tiorati Circle.
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 25, 2010
Deb from Long Island need a partner for the Fool's Rogaine Hey there - would like to do the optional bike part as well. Did it last year and had a blast.
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