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Meet Director: Lise Valentine
Course Setters: Chris Gladwin
Schedule:
Registration: 10:05 (store opens at 10:00)
Pre-race briefing for all courses: 10:15
Mass start for all courses: 10:30
Short (1 hour) course ends: 11:30
Medium (2 hour) course ends: 12:30
Long (4 hour) course ends: 2:30
Cost: (per individual or team)
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Event Day
Registration |
Online
Pre-Registeration |
| CAOC members |
$10 |
$7 |
| non-member |
$15 |
$10 |
| additional maps |
$3 |
| rental compass |
not
needed |
| e-Punch |
not
used today |
(We suggest a maximum of four people per group.)
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Registration is open thru midnight
Friday August 25th.
Join us on August 27th for a unique urban orienteering experience
in the Chicago Loop. The start/finish and registration are located
in the activities room on the second floor of the REI store at 1466
N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642. We will be using a map covering
downtown Chicago provided at registration. Upon registration, each
participant will also be given an Answer Sheet that includes questions
that can only be answered when they are at the control locations
on the map.
The format of the course is a Score-O where participants go to
as many control locations as they have time to collect correct answers
during the time period of the race. Racers can select either a 1-hour
(Short), 2-hour (Medium) or 4-hour (Long) time limit. Each correct
answer collected with be scored as one point and each minute late
in returning to the start/finish will subtract a point.
Racers can choose to participate on foot or on a bicycle. Racers
can also ride the CTA (Bus or El) or water taxis (but may not take
a car taxi or otherwise ride in a vehicle). All participants must
follow all traffic laws and safety rules. Helmets are required for
bikers.
Key details
- Score-O format
- 1 point deducted for each minute late
- Can use public transportion (CTA train or bus or water taxis)
but no other wheeled or motorized transport
- Must follow all pedestrian rules such as when crossing streets
- Racers will fill out a clue sheet to prove they were at each
control by answering question that can only be answered by being
at the control (no e-punch needed)
- If you guess a wrong answer for a control you didn't visit,
a point will be deducted from your score.
- This meet involves crossing many busy streets and navigating
through the city of Chicago so extra caution is advised, especially
if you are bringing children.
The meet will start the REI Lincoln Park, 1466 N. Halsted St.,
Chicago, IL 60642. Look for us in the Activities room on the second
floor.
Directions:
From the Kennedy Expressway (90/94) take North Avenue east to Halsted
St. Turn right (South) on Halsted two blocks. REI is located on
the right (West) side of Halsted, at 1466 N Halsted St. Paid parking
may be available on the street or in a parking garage located behind
the REI store on the SW corner of Dayton St and Eastman St.
Public transit: REI is two blocks south of the CTA Red Line stop
at North & Clybourn, six blocks west of the CTA Brown Line stop
at Sedgwick, and on the Halsted #8 CTA bus route.
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