Activities - The "Spectrum" at the competition on the night orienteering Okinchitsa 2004.

              Okinchitsa 2004

            Team Spectrum

Vlad Sotnikov (Vega)


   At this year's competition on the night
Therefore, orienteering already agreed to go
participated earlier Kirill Frolov, Tolia
Fomin, Ivan Kurnosov (Okinchitsa 2003).
In addition, we were promised the road to accession
dinitsya Timothy Lapo with friends. From virgin
nis, and this time no one could not go.
Therefore, we are slowly agreed to meet
tsya at the station in 16 hours.

   I, as always, is traditionally slightly Zadeh
rzhalsya.Pridya to the station, I discovered there was already
waiting for me Tolia, Cyril and Ivan. Bo
lshe no one was (and had to come
a few others). We learned when
train departs (before she had two more
hours), and went to the store bought demonstrated
ktami.

   Outfits this time, we compare
flax is quite good - said our previous
experience. On four people, we took three parameters
patch:) Also, almost all of us were
with a different produkty.Poetomu mostly
We do not buy food: a film for fotoappara
one card pin. Before the train left
some more time, and we decided to go on
drink coffee.

   Loaded backpacks, we walked out of the wok
room and began looking for a good coffee shop (for
poor machine that sells coffee in the room expected
Denmark, we absolutely did not accept). First,
what we ran was shaverma. Tolia
Vanya has gone into it to buy coffee,
but Cyril bluntly refused, motivating
is that in such establishments selling
all sorts of rubbish and then will be treated ourselves
expensive. We walked on (Cyril had promised to
show us a normal cafe). In the end
we arrived - good cafe tables in the premises
Britain and on the street, sit decently dressed Liu
Di ... we tumble back into the hiking clothes
and ryukzakami.Ot someone immediately followed
proposal right there, pitch a tent.
Staff of the cafe looked at us and stoically
promolchal.Odnako their concerns were with
imperfect baseless: looking at the prices,
We understand what makes us especially there is not
what - we are reasonably spent on crews
statements and products. At the same time, our trip to the cafe
ended - we were back in shavermu and ku
drank a glass of coffee there - say Napa
ed that nothing of this terrible coffee,
Cyril was afraid, with us not happen.

   After drinking the coffee, we returned to the station - up
departure of the train remained not so
vremeni.Uspeshno many sitting on the train, we
headed towards Petyayarvi - Compete
tion this year were there.
It should be noted that our car was packed to
bits of people - on past experience I knew
(And do not even doubt it) that most
the set of people going, as we do, the competition
the night orientirovaniyu.S us in the vestibule
cyclist was traveling (imagine a packed
tambour cram-packed with people bike)
and a funny drunken peasant, who have
all continually probed, where he ku
Yes edet.Tak that already in the train became a ve
village and did not have to be bored.

   Somewhere in the vicinity Sosnovo us accession
nilis Timothy Lapo with Alexei Risen
Skim and Eldar (last name, unfortunately, not
know). I have phoned the city with them, and
knew that they sit on our train, but
they came just as the train and at the
door, near which stood the whole of our company
of. Here is a coincidence here, but in our
There they, as I said, absolutely not
rarity.

   After 3 hours, tiring journey
We arrived, finally, to our station called
The values - Petyayarvi. Now we were
walk 2 kilometers on foot. Fortunately, I am for
blagovremenno got a map with a route
way from the station to the camp of the litter
vnovany. By the way, it is we are not singular
cially and useful - all electronic content
Trichkov (more than one hundred people) moved
on the only highway in the direction of
camp. We have joined a string of people and pop
growth merged with them. Kirill Frolov, the
Still, trying to extract is not free
(3 p. ") Card purchased at least some
benefits - holding it in front of him, constantly
shorten the path: it climbed a little
hill (and disappeared from our field of view), then
appeared on the other side of the hill and descent
lsya to us, while the road on which
we were wise to these hills skirted.
Approximately 2 / 3 of the way we came to
forks, and all the people were confident in
left, along the main road. Cyril announced that
All are absolutely wrong, and it will
We correct a small group of putem.Nasha
turned to the right. After a while we
went on the road alone. The road became more
smaller and smaller ... After some time she
turned into a footpath. Cyril led us
between the trees (paths are also not
steel). Now we all climbed on
hills and came down with them. Walk was slightly
heavier than with all the road. K
Fortunately, after a while we chosen
were still in the camp - and in the center, and Che
FIG cut-knows-what place. As they say,
showed personality! Well, it's the last
place in the competition to us this year not
storm - obviously with unconventional thinking
we all was in order.

   We moved a little away from the main
mass of tents and set up our little la
ger. Tents we have set only 2 of the three
(Immediately noticed that their was enough - but
someone they slept 7 people). Koester long
wanted to burn - has affected our mouths
The smallness and lack of drov.Poslednie vsetaki we had to 
assemble. Meanwhile has become dark (when I started to pitch a 
tent, it was still light, but I have a very long time 
untangling the ve Revky to peg - and finish the established

Since the tent I had been in the dark).
Nothing like this: I put a tent 15-20 mi
chickpeas. Fall very rapidly darkens.

   While the boys a bonfire, I went
know when this will start our komanda.Na
times we were very lucky: the starting time the team
Spectrum (that's us!) Was 23:18. That is
before the start there were still about two hours.
I went back, and while he could not at
yti our tent - around the same everywhere
forest, no orientirov.V result I vsetaki out to be - and it 
turned out, that our tent was two steps from

finish - item 100. Very convenient, especially
When you finish a weary distance.

   After some time in our company
joined Sergei Makuch with the company -
and if his friends were going to run,
then he was already quite good, and the results
shil stay. Because their team was
stated by 4 people, then we all started:
his friends, Sergey and me - for the company now:)
the same place I had to start Th
Res 2:00 again - well, that judge me
did not recognize.

   Fit start time of our team.
Timothy, LAS, and Eldar, knowing that we are not with
be elected by celebrating Okinchitsu before
rundown (which, in principle, of course)
very upset and decided to leave us -
go to Timothy, to the country (luckily, we find it
reduces not so far from Petyayarvi). We went
at the start, they waved to us to handle - and we
ran.

   Run we had three: I Tolia
Fomin and Kirill Frolov (with us again for
Company startanul Sergei, because our coma
NDA was also declared on 4 people).
Sergei playfully ran half a mile from us,
confidently leading us away, and left on
Good luck. I do not know, played the role that
We was Sergey or worked Sc. "Effect
start - but we tried for about 40 minutes
identify on a map where we are, after
What began more or less navigate.

   Our first item was a 31-y.Kak only
However, we figured out where we run, we immediately
is this item found. There I met a substitution
radiative man who was very
drunk (figured out where he finds on the map
camping, but it was finishing pass
distance of 20 kilometers). Probably, he
road marked each detected point:)
The next we took the 46 th point. He was
very noticeable - next to him sat
merry company, and played the accordion. K with
Unfortunately, we could not linger and pobe
reaped further.

   The following items were at a very
great distance from each other, so
We decided not particularly tense, and went
foot (this year I decided not to make
Orienting in a crazy race). Rights
Yes, a couple of times we stray on the map - and then
Then began to be worn like crazy out there and
back.

   The general impression which remains with
me from Petyayarvi - is the deepest gorge
and the huge hill. Both runs, and
rises very krutye.Kak one put
participants, this is when you stand on the ground and
in the face of the earth you have too, and at the same time
You are absolutely sober. He ran from the bottom on a
gorochku, within 5 minutes of no force is not the
that on the run, but a quick step as a mini
mum. In addition to all the hill up to the
top of a huge pine tree grow - and go
somewhere far above. A feeling
that they can not stand and break
down - at night it makes quite zhut
some impression.

   With 37 points, we have reduced the road and pobe
shook to the 44 th. And had to run on
very elongated ridge, 7.5 meters wide.
Left and right down the left gully. I was
absolutely sure that if you accidentally tear
tsya, you can roll without stopping to
the bottom - half a kilometer. Sometimes it is very
Far below gleamed lake. I like this teaching
stock remember the most - an unforgettable
my feeling for life.

   About this time I got a call
Timothy: It turns out they got to a hundred
ntsii, with their huge hit koliches
GUT people running around them in the woods with
flashlights. Timothy amused as he could:
lay on the ground, and portrayed themselves as
point, or directing people asking for
its direction in different directions. Now
They sat on the platform and all the shouting that
they have 49 points. In fact, the 49 th item was
a kilometer away from them.

   Quite successfully by taking the 49 th and 50 th paragraph
you, we ran to the 51 th, one of the last
them. It was this that turned out to be the same item
which occurs in competition with each
Research: we left it on the map to the left,
right, bottom, top (only the zenith and nadir
have not tried) - the result was odin.Tochnee,
it was otsutstvie.Ne point, though you triangle
Snee. Naturally, we were so not alone -
people were running around 70 with fonarikami.Pri
than, as always in such cases, works
crowd effect: if one thought that he
guess where is the point, and ran
there - the rest rushed behind
him. After running with people, we realized that we
it will not work. Then we went to the nearest
over the coming landmark - the path, and steps were
mark the distance (300 meters) before paragraph
Ta. We do not really helped.

   Promayavshis thus about an hour,
we came out the same on the desired punkt.Prichem races
He was put in such a way that it really
it was difficult to find - the trees, the trees, and he
among them. Not to say that we have experienced kakoelibo 
relief - the forces on the emotions do not leave elk. We rushed 
to the last point - 52 th, 53 th and finishing 100 th. And with 
at recent special issues have not been: he

was close to our camp, and in the evening
we once walked past him (then
night, people are often running around our PA
patch and could not find the finish).

   In total, we ran (or rather, ho
Dili), about 3 ½ hours. If
we have not lost 40 minutes at the start and an hour in
end, we would have missed the 2 hours. And if
have escaped:) So I think that Professor
sionalizm our team (compared to
last competition) significantly increased.
As the saying goes, we have moved from the end of
toward the beginning of the list (if you count 2002
year).

   Back at camp, we found there
Sergei and Ivan (already good - they Prigov
Riley 0.7 liters). Tolia has to offer from
mark competition - we are quietly Cyril
nechko - first he, then I am - crawled away in the
tent and went to sleep. I did not want ne
rebivat wonderful impressions from the passage
Denia slopes of alcohol. After 20 minutes of the village
le we ran Sergei friends, they also
immediately lay down. Tolia upset, but nothing
could not help it - we did not want to drink, and
Sergei and Ivan could not.

   All night I could not just sleep the cold. In this
time I took a sleeping bag, but does
could not find a hat (though I remembered that I had
take). I periodically woke perekapy
roller bag, could not find hats and fell asleep again a
va. In the morning I was awakened by Tolia and suggested
go and see the results (Organizers
events have a nasty habit of SVR
zit stands with the results to 12 hours ut
pa). I went and found his hat, lying
under the bag. It was very disappointing.

   It was a wonderful pogoda.Poholodalo,
but quite a bit. In general, I believe that
us with the weather this year is very lucky.
We went to the central tent uspelitaki see the results of the 
competition (we took 40 th place). It's very symbolic, because

in 2002 we ranked last in
in the list, but this time we were exactly POS
middle of (total 80 teams participated). So
that the next time we should take the place of
at the beginning of the list - that is, first. Close
with stands on one of the left standing
films, we have found, and wood - apparently no one has not
required. Having sat till noon, we decided to stay
more sensitive in nature and went back for
chopped wood - but found out there
owners, and they gave us a huge indecomposable
minced churki.My with great difficulty to prove
tili them to the camp, but they turned out to be confused with
small - to cut them, we have not succeeded.
But they were very comfortable to sit:)
Tolia still spodvig us celebrating
competition, so that the second half of the day
was just wonderful. Then we all
gathered and moved back home, I went to
Timka to the country - but that's another story
to the orientation that have no respect
solution.

   Night orienteering - a very remarkable
flax sport (if you treat it
seriously). I am very glad that there are with
jealousy, and we have the opportunity for them
ride. The next time you try to play
quantity and composition of the team - let's see
that this vyydet.No this time completely
not last, and I'm glad (now that's good
clearly seen) that travel to become a Okinchitsu
We will not stop a strong traditsiey.Kotoraya
More likely, a very long time. And you
I wish the same:)


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