Last updated 02/03/2014
The NavLight recorder at control 21 failed to record any visits so the results published up till 7pm Friday 14th February have not included any visits to that control. We have now added a visit to control 21 to all teams who visited control 22. These teams are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166 & 167.
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Hornsby Rogaine Event Report - Team 24
A quick introduction to those who don't know us (Brenton and Meredith Gray visiting from Qld). Our team was a mixed team (not veterans yet unfortunately because my wife refuses to age). If you saw us on the course today we were in the matching blue tops and I had a bit of wildfiresports.com.au gear on as well but that was probably drenched in sweat.
There were certainly a few great features of the event. It is the best attended rogaine I have ever participated in. Approx 400 competitors and a wonderful mix of generations. We were genuinely in awe of the number of kids we saw after five hours either walking or being carried (perhaps taking a nap) but nonetheless still on the course. I bet those parents are looking forward to sundown.
Time to rogaine my strength! – The Hornsby metrogaine,
09/02/14
Team 87: Martin Dearnley, Graham Field & Tristan White
By Tristan White
“When [the] torches came bobbing across the snow everything
seemed to drain out of me; all the fight which had kept me going
evaporated… I felt myself just give up and pain came rushing in, the
exhaustion, everything. I sometimes wonder if that wasn’t the point
at which I was most at risk, whether I could suddenly just have
keeled over and died.”
These words were uttered by Joe Simpson in reflection of his
extraordinary true story of survival, Touching the Void, after
breaking his leg and falling through a crevasse in the Peruvian
Andes and after crawling in absolute agony yet with determination
for days when he finally realized he had made it; made it to safety.
That sums up how I felt, albeit to a somewhat lesser extent, how I felt at the conclusion of the “Hornsbygaine” – except here the enemy (or one of the enemies was) the extreme heat rather than the cold. Indeed, I have done numerous other rogaines over longer durations of time including a 24 hour one, but with the possible exception of the 12 hour Lake Macquarie in August last year, but I doubt I have felt more wasted at the end of an event.
Event Description
What better way was there to round off the summer holidays and kick-start 2014 than participating in the first Rogaine for the year.
The 6 hour Hornsbygaine encompassed the Berowra Valley National Park and surrounding suburbs. Entrants enjoyed spectacular vistas, great bush tracks, majestic trees, shy wildlife, tranquil creeks, twists and turns, The Great North Walk, The Fishponds, and a hill or two. And there were shops on the way for a cool drink or ice-cream.
The Hash House/Start was at The Brickpit Sports Stadium (Thornleigh).
Here are some photos taken by the course setter.
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Like all NSWRA rogaines, anyone could enter. You had to make up a team of between 2 and 5 people. If you were under 14 years of age on the day of the event you had to have an adult in your team.
By entering this event you became a member of NSW Rogaining Association unless you are already a member of another state rogaining association. Your membership will last for 12 months from the date of this event.
Full $37
Concession $26
Child under 14 years Free
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This event offered the normal age/gender based categories plus the 'Novice" and "Family" category. See the " Competition Categories " page for more details.