Al Cross, who won the Wellington Arrow Adventure Race a month ago led his team of supposedly injured athletes to second place, ahead of Harriette Carr's trio.
There was a record entry for shoestring rogaines of 34, stretching the resources of organiser Dave King who had catered for 30. King put a huge amount of work into the event, including taping the 40 control sites (they are usually unmarked in a shoestring) and adapting a detailed 1:15,000 map previously prepared for mountain-bike orienteering. The preparation caused the event to start late, but finishers were rewarded with barbequed sausages!
Follow the links for results and the map (450k). Will Samuel and Andrew McLellan's score which was unknown on the night was 960. The next Wellington shoestring rogaine will be on 13 Nov.
This page written by Michael Wood and installed 31 Oct 02.