Last week His Majesty made an inspection journey to the northern territories. Here is a short report.
Litoměřický tulipán started
under the Castle of Hazmburk and it was fun as always. Alas my great
performance brought me first potatoes of the day just six seconds
behind the world champion. Unfortunately the slopes of the former
volcano have owergrown with thorns since the Medieval.
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| Competiton area of the 1st stage in the 14th Century |
Libochovice Castle was the
centre of the afternoon part of the races. The second stage was maybe
the biggest discotheque O-race in the universe but I made it and
average performance in the third stage gained me the overall potato
position in my 4th participation at the Tulip.
Litvínov is well-known for ice
hockey and petrochemical industry. But the races in Amongpinewoods
proved that there are also nice and tough orienteering terrains. And
so is the weather there in the Tough Mountains.
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| Chempoetrol - the greatest monument of the City of Chemists |
The middle distance started with ten
controls of trudging in hillside. Digging with my snout in mud almost
depleted my mental power and nearly resulted in my end with
orienteering. Then came the best moment of the whole day
– the best goulash on orienteering races in last fourteen years.
But the biggest bomb has blown in my
sprint race. I took the control descriptions from
the previous race. This almost went to my nervous breakdown, another
end with orienteering and over two minutes loss on the first control
where I was tottering round like a drunken tourist. However I rose
again got back to the race and run like a hurricane. Neither camera could get me!
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