First of all, I wanted to thank George for organzing a BAOC carpool to the GCO meet earlier today. Five of us piled into his van, and we had a very nice...
I, too, agree with George. Spooner is ideal for a middle distance course. It has some wonderfully complex rock and terrain features, particularly in the area...
Here are the updates for the Oakland Hills event, with the original announcement. -Rex Update - 6/1/2009 Put 7 controls at multiple levels and ends of a 200...
Hi Rex How late can we start? I have 19 wild critters to feed before I can leave. I might not be able to get there early enough to join in. Penny On Mon, 1...
As an aging old fart, I have symptoms of a big prostate, or BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy). You all know the symptoms if you watch any TV, nocturia,...
Greg Michaels contacted me this month to see if anyone in the club might be interested in learning more about confluence hunting. Ok, good, I'm not the only...
Alex et al, The Geocachers of the Bay Area (thegba.net) has a number of members who pursue confluences. There are a couple convenient to the SFBay Area. One is...
Thanks Rosemary - at this point I'm planning on taking a cheap motel room in Carson City cos I've got the computer, batteries etc. If anyone's interested in...
There is some dispersed camping allowed but it's pretty limited, just along the Tahoe Rim Trail or the main highways. And you must get a campfire permit from...
Penny, Mark Blair and I did the Mt Diablo middle distance event today--Mat's website for details of his courses-- www.trackme360.com Penny and Mark did...
Vladimir Zherdev is doing map correction at Northstar and Burton Creek now. He will finish up there in a week or two. Then he will come down to the south and...
Based on the feedback on Bayonet and some direct responses, we have decided that the best use of the Spooner Lake terrain on Saturday will be a Middle length...
Hi! I had the pleasure of competing in the 24 hr Rogaine at Mogollon Rim in Arizona last month. Rogaine is a lot of fun, but there aren't enough events out...
Dirty Avocados remain in the lead on the long course. Aquan/iRule didn't read the fine print, and ended up visiting EVERY CP of all three courses - sorry...
You have read that more teams are going out on Mats courses on Mt Diablo soon. I have been unable to send our (Penny, Mark, and me) GPS map to Mats for...
Harold, I have your data, and your results are posted. Secondly, I admit GISTEQ's default file location is obscure, and makes it hard to find the d**n GPS...
If any club member is interested in seeing the results on Mats website--I "noticed" that one has to go on the internet and type in www.trackme360.com...
OK. Since I'll have to miss the BAOC Board meeting and the USOF AGM, I'd like to request that who is chosen to be my delegate at the USOF AGM vote NO for the...
Steve,  I'm sorry if the reasons given for the change were not explicit enough in USOF messages. There has been considerable research done by the Task...
One of the means by which we can ensure that the USOF board continues to represent all parts of the country is that the members of the Nominations Committee...
Is someone else from BAOC going to do the Salmon run in Washington and fly up on Friday afternoon? Ben is going up tp see his family in Oregon on the way up...
... I have to say that as a newly seated Regional Representative, when the subject of eliminating regions first came up I was taken aback. My initial...
Rosemary, Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences. I think Steve raised a valid issue (being concerned about the elimination of regional reps), but...
If, along with this proposal (and I believe it¹s only Proposal 1 I¹m talking about), the way elections occurred was changed to allow for individual USOF ...
Toby and Alex delivered a new best time on the Medium course (3:26). Dancing Pandas were on par with the top teams on the long course until the last two CPs....