martes, 3 de enero de 2012

La cárcama (Valencia)

Hi orienteers, happy new year!!

We are going to start the year with a new map you shouln't run on, it's called "la Cácarcama". This fantastic map is located in Valencia, concretelly close to Cheste ( MotoGP).

This map is characterized by his high level of orienteering technique, his 80 % of cultivated areas will makes you be lose in the middle of nothing.

Take a look of Cárcama orienteering map:

Don't miss the opportuny of running as fast as you can jumping between cultivated areas.
You know, come to Cheste and run in the circuit with your car/motorbike and then put on your orienteering clothes and run here with the little sunshine (Maybe 40ºDegrees) beating you over the head.

jueves, 8 de diciembre de 2011

Llyn Elsi (Wales)

Our dear friend Becky Carlyle wants to contribute to the list of 101 maps you SHOULDN'T run on before you die.

She has tell us her experience:

It's Llyn Elsi in wales, and it's the area that nightmares are made of!

The map looks kind of green. The trees are so close together that barely any daylight breaks through. And then when the trees are maked as white, the brambles are so high that you can barely move. A bit like this:

I went there on a training weekend ten years ago when i was at school, and one guy from our squad cut his shin to the bone on a super sharp rock. Then the day after I had a swimming lesson, and my legs were so covered in scratches that my teacher thought my parents were abusing me. xD

Therefore Llyn Elsi is a map not to run on before you die !

Thank you Becky...

Coming soon "La Carcama" (Spain)

jueves, 1 de diciembre de 2011

Catalina State Park in Arizona, USA

Today we have recived a cool email from Cristina. There was a very interesting things for this blog and then, Antonio and me decided to recover this blog. We'll try to keep it active


The map Cristina spoke is Catalina State Park and seems to be one of the best "101mapsyoushouldntrun". As Cristina said, we don't need too much reasons for convince you that running there could be "amazing".
This is the map. Take a look at.





(notes from Cristina) 


The reasons to running here are:
1-want to die.
2-Love at snakes.
3-Love at cactus and dried plants.


And the reasons to not running here are:
1-You must to be very concentrated in the "variety of elements" and microrelief you′ll find in the map, also be carefull in no to deviate because of any nest of snakes that can make you lose your direction and be lost in the middle of nothing, next to a cactus, crying and bleeding because a snakebite.



I think the pictures speak for themselves.
This is "white" on the map
A good control point

miércoles, 1 de diciembre de 2010

Mt. Varó (Alicante)

El mt.Varó. También conocido como Monte Orgergia,está situado a escasos 2 km de San Joan d'Alacant y a 5km de Alicante Capital. La autovía atraviesa el mapa y en él se puede encontrar un barranco de agua,un colegio( mi colegio desde los 3 a los 16 años),un cementerio, casas de yonquis,un puticlub,un club de tenis,fauna abstracta,una residencia para huérfanos,clubes de hípica... y lo mejor y más importante una depuradora.

FAUNA,FLORA,MORFOLOGIA
1)5% bosque, 5% verde,20% semi-open area, 50% open area,15% urbanizaciones y 5% huertas disecadas.
2)suelo rocoso,juncos pinchantes,tomillo,pino mediterraneo bajo,cactus, chumbreras, almendros,algarrobos,palmeras,acequias sin agua,búnkers subterraneos.
3) serpientes(grandes y pequeñas),conejos...



¿QUIEN,CUANDO, COMO?


1) Según cuenta la leyenda, se corrió una liga nacional en el año 1995,Rojas ganó en élite y Roger Casal también participó con 14 años.

2)Tras ser revisado el mapa en 2002, el model Event del JWOC 2002, fue nada más y nada menos, que en el MT Varó. Además, la residencia del Hogar Provincial que aparece en el mapa fue el alojamiento de las selecciones del Jwoc.

3) 10000 ligas de verano y entrenamientos provinciales. Los alicantinos conocen perfectamente este mapa,diferente para algunos y "una mierda" para otros.



RAZONES PARA CORRER
-(sin rellenar)La imagen lo dice todo.



RAZONES PARA NO CORRER
-Las posibilidades de acabar con tus piernas, brazos u otros lados llenos de pinchos es alta, además de torcerte el tobillo.
-Existen "agujeros" y ruinas bajo tierra, asi que la posibilidad de acabar en un búnker subterraneo y no poder salir es elevada.
-Si combinamos la dificultad técnica del mapa, el paisaje y el terreno, seguramente en tu cuerpo tengas una sensación de haber hecho el ridículo.
-La fauna endémica y las casetas de yonquis pueden ser peligrosas y darte más de un susto.
-La depuradora, siempre da un buen ambiente al clima, el olor de ésta invade el Mt Varó.
-etc,etc


by semidesiert-0

domingo, 28 de febrero de 2010

News

We are looking for 101 orienteering maps where you shouldn't run on before die. If you have a candidate map please let us know. You just have to scan the map and send us by e-mail writing the causes because the map must be in 101 orieentering maps you shouldn't run on before die.
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