Join SDO for a fun Halloween-O at UCSD during the spooky hours of darkness!
This is based on the usual Score-O orienteering rules, but with a Halloween theme. All orienteerers will have to beware of random "Ghost controls" which have been possessed by evil spirits!
There will be one ghost control in each
point category/difficulty level. This ghost control will be worth half points but may have candy or some other treat to console you!
Orienteerers will then know that the remainder of the
markers in the point category will have full points. Orienteerers may have to adjust their strategy to compensate for the ghost control.
IMPORTANT: Bring a flash light/head lamp and a friend! E-Sticks will NOT be used.
What is a Score-O?
Competitors visit as many controls as they can, in any order, within a specified time limit.
The controls are worth points, sometimes different amounts based on difficulty.
There are usually penalty (minus) points for each minute you finish over the time limit. The winner is the person with the most points; scoring ties are broken by the fastest time.
Date:
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Location:
University of California San Diego in the grassy area between Peterson Hall, Applied Physics and Math, and the Faculty Club.
From I-5 North or Gilman Drive, take La Jolla Village Dr. west and North Torrey Pines Road north to Muir College Dr. From I-5 South, take the Genessee Ave. exit and go west to North Torrey Pines Road (left at the signal there), then left again at the fifth light (Muir College Drive). There is a UCSD Extension sign on the left-hand (northeastern) corner of that intersection.
Park in the second of the two large parking lots on the right (P207), if you can, or else in P302 (second one on the left) or P208 or P303, which you will pass on your way to P207. No permit is required to park in any space except those marked as enforced 24 hours. The start/finish area is southeast from the southeast corner of P207 about 75 yards, in the
grassy area between Peterson Hall, Applied Physics and Math, and the Faculty Club. There will be signs pointing the way.
Google Map to Parking Area >> UCSD Parking Map >>
Time:
6pm to 7pm starts
8pm - Course closes
Courses:
60 Minute Score-O: Teams of two or individuals (for those brave enough to go alone!).
