Camping Weekend and NRE

This weekend will have all the Camping Weekend experiences that you have come to expect, plus an NRE (National Ranking Event) on Saturday. The same courses will also be available 'recreational' on Saturday for those who want to go in groups, do a short white, or just don't want to do the NRE.

Register for all events, including camping and dinner. There is an extra $5.00 fee per course for registering after September 3, including the weekend of the event. This late fee also applies to UNO members.

The Orienteering

- Map Scale: 1:7500 for SW (a subset of white)/W/Y/Brown Y (Tan- a shorter Brown)/Brown X. 1:10000 for Orange/Green/Red/ Blue. 5M contour intervals

- E-punching will be used for all regular orienteering courses, including WHNO.

- Pin punching for Canoe-O and Vampire-O

- Instruction available.

NRE and Local Event: Ernst Linder, Course Setter/ Jim Arsenault, Vetter. SW/W/Y- Lex and Pete Bundschuh

- SI Air will be enabled for the NRE (except White and Yellow)

- SW/W/Y- start at pavilion

- All courses finish at pavilion.

- Starts: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM.

- No start times assigned. There will be someone at the starts to make sure people on same course don't start within 2 minutes, take your name, and write down an estimated start time (so we know who actually started).

- Maps: For NRE- don't look at your map until you are 'on the clock'. Maps will be upside-down in boxes labeled by course. They will be sealed in map cases.

- Exception:W/Y NRE participants may discuss their map/ routes/ plans with a parent/ coach/ etc. 'off the clock' (before starting).

- For recreational (non NRE) participant, you may look at maps prior to your start.

- Control Description will be on the maps and available at the starts (except White and Yellow- only on map).

- Clear and check will be at the starts.

- You must report to the finish by 4:00 PM.

GROUPS- Scouts/ schools or others

- Please contact Lex Bundschuh (unofam@aol.com) no later than Tuesday, September 3.

- Each participant must sign a waiver; parent/ guardian signs for those under 18. Waivers available for download, and at the event. Alternatively, you can pre-register each person individually on EventReg.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR for Saturday and Sunday- Jim Arsenault

The Camping

- Group Camping area Friday and Saturday nights. This is where the event center is located.

- Cost: $10 per adult and $5 per child (6-17 years) per night.

- Please stop at the gatehouse for a parking pass. Your name will be on a list if you have registered for camping.

- These sites are in the woods around the Group Camping Pavilion (the event center). You can drive your car near your site to unload, then park in the parking lot. If you have a camper or pop-up, or want to stay somewhere else in the park, please contact Reserve America directly (1-877-647-2757, or through the NH State Parks web site).

- Bathrooms are on site. Showers are a short drive.

- Of course, you can also come for one or both days without camping. The Park will  charge their usual day use fee for non-campers.

The Dinner: Michelle and Darrell Scott

- UNO Camping Weekend has a Saturday Night Pot Luck tradition. The meet organizers will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers and dessert (the traditional smores). Condiments, plates, cups and plastic ware are also provided. Everyone is asked to bring the potluck fare to share. Last names letters: A-L: please bring a salad; letters M-Z: please bring an appetizer. Everyone: BYO beverages.

- 5:00 Pot Luck appetizers

- 5:45 Dinner

Canoe-O: Pete and Lex Bundschuh

- Starts 10:00 AM—4:00 PM; off the water by 5:00 PM.

- 60 minutes time limit (score-O format – get checkpoints in any order).

- Controls are Blue and Yellow streamer tape with a pin punch.

- Self-serve. Sign out/ sign in/ record time and score on poster at pavilion.

- Start and finish at pavilion (time is from when you leave to when you return to the start), with boats at canoe launch nearby.

- Bring your canoe/ kayak, rent one nearby, or wait to borrow one.

- Same course all weekend.

Vampire-O: Countess Tracey and Count Steve Olafsen

- Join this now famous family-friendly night-time event. Vampire-O is a blend of flashlight tag, orienteering, and fun!

- 45 minutes score-O format (get the markers in any order).

- Bring a watch and headlamp/ flashlight.

- 7:30 Gather at pavilion

- 7:45 Mass start

- Shortly after 8:30, whenever the Count and Countess are ready, the much anticipated, PRIZES.

"Wicked Hard Night-O" and "Not-So-Wicked Hard Night-O: Jim Arsenault

- You should be able to comfortably complete advanced courses (Brown/higher) in daylight, and must have two independent lights. Due to timing, you can't do this and Vampire-O.

- 8:10 Gather at pavilion.

- 8:20 Walk to start for mass start.

Your Hosts

Lex (603-689-4744) & Pete Bundschuh (603-321-7163) (603-465-3142 home), unofam@aol.com.

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