| Author | Message | ||
     A Hodges Posted From: 212.100.251.149 |
I think most of the benefits of maps have been covered by other posters, but I want to add my support to the provision of obstacle drawings and sugest that this should be a requirement across all of the areas. | ||
| AngelaC Posted From: 62.6.139.11 |
I forgot to say, I also think rules should be consistent across all the areas. | ||
| AngelaC Posted From: 62.6.139.11 |
I agree with Fiona. Personally I am not too bothered if I don't get a map, but it is useful for all the reasons Fiona states. The time to walk the obstacles is relatively short compared with outdoor trials and the map can help you to go over your plans while waiting to compete if you are later on | ||
| Fiona Powell Username: Fionap Registered: 12-2003 |
Chris, many people find remembering the obstacle routes the most difficult part of HDT, especially the newcomers. The obstacle maps are useful because you can get the relative positions of the start and the gates in your head before you walk them, thus saving time, and if you draw your route in a coloured marker pen (say), you can revise the obstacles until the last minute - and/or your groom can. I agree that, if you are going at any speed you can't read the maps at the time, however. I used a couple of flexible plastic cd-cases taped to my dashboard for most of a season when I first started and it probably took me a couple of seasons before I trusted my own memory completely. The maps are also useful to check that the obstacle is built as it was designed to be built, which might seem like a minor point to competitors, but actually should help conformity throughout the sport and enable us to compare our times with other people driving the same obs. in other areas. Well, it's a good theory! Maps are also a useful aid for those who want to go into outdoor or even National HDT when the obstacles can be longer and more complicated, just to get used to using them, in my experience. Just my idle thoughts while I'm supposed to be doing something else... Fiona | ||
| clanger Posted From: 192.85.50.2 |
Personally, I don't find the obstacle maps to be very meaningful. They are only sketches and don't show the important info like the space between the obstacle and the walls etc. If, when completing an ob I needed to look at a map then a) I haven't walked it enough and b) I'll be the slowest on the courseand so out the running anyway. Chris | ||
| IHDTC Office Username: Ihdtcoffice Registered: 01-2003 |
PLEASE NOTE: OBSTACLE MAPS WILL/WILL NOT BE PROVIDED AT THE ORGANISERS DISCRETION |