IRF Newsletter 188 South Africa and New Zealand News
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Newsletter No. 188 www.rogaining.org August 2012
Rogaining in South Africa
2012 Capestorm Rogaine: Ian Bratt
After every cross-country navigation event
the planner breathes a sigh of relief if
everything has gone well. On Sunday
evening that sigh was bigger than usual
once we had collected all the controls and
everybody was safely out of the area. The
competitors, the organisers, the planner
and his car were all in one piece and safely
on their way home after a great weekend of
rogaining.
Five weeks ago, I had a blank piece
of paper, four orthophotos of the
Mokobulaan Plantation and access to
Google maps. Nicholas Mulder had
mapped four areas for previous
orienteering events including the 2012
Gauteng Championships which were held
six weeks ago...