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Spring 2000
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Outdoor 1999-2000
District
Lightweight Camping Competition
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District Lightweight Camping Competition A report by Michael H
After winning the District Lightweight in 1999 and coming sixth in the County Lightweight the 7th Woking dream team had quite a tough reputation to live up to. We kept up the tradition and arrived at the start of this years competition 50 minutes early so when our time came to leave we were ready for anything and we left with no problems.
James Lee navigated and we were all familiar with the route so following the path was relatively easy. We arrived at the first checkpoint almost exactly on time and managed to do the same for the rest of the hike.
When we arrived at the campsite after 7
hours of walking we quickly got our tents up and had 40 minutes to cook
our main meal. Although this should have given us plenty of time we soon
found out that dinner was taking longer than expected. We ate dehydrated
mince and pasta, although the pasta refused to cook. After eating our
savory mince and our undercooked pasta we checked our route card and
climbed into our sleeping bags.
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Following a night in the freezing cold, -3 to be exact, we crawled out of bed at 7.00, having lost an hours sleep with the clocks turning back. After breakfast we were weighed (clearly some had eaten more than others!) before setting off for the second days walking which turned out to be just as successful as the first.
The dream team consisted of Barry F, me
(Michael H), James L and Daniel M. I would like to thank them all for
their hard work and effort which they put into the weekend.
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I would also like to congratulate the 7th Woking B team, made up of Chris H, Ian H, Danny L and Robert N who were competing for the first time as a team. They too enjoyed a very successful weekend.
In total 11 teams competed. On our return the results were published as follows:
1st - 7th Woking A team (the dream team) with 624 points
2nd - 8th Woking with 621 points
3rd - 7th Woking B team with 576 points
4th - Knaphill with 570 points
The result means that we shall again represent Woking District in the County competition and has given the B team the experience to follow on again next year.