A Canadian in Sweden

Why Sweden Rocks Part II

At the mountain bike orienteering race this morning, there were about 20 people who showed up. Not surprising, because most orienteers are more into running than mtn biking. Despite that, they had maps all made up ahead of time, and the race was run with Sport Ident (SI) chips at each control. In Canada, only the big clubs or big races (like Nationals) ever use SI chips. They are expensive and kind of a pain to set up and take down again after. The cool thing about them is that at the end of the race you can download your chip to a computer to see how long it took you to run each leg.

I asked why they were using SI chips for such a small event and I got a number of polite replies. However, it was clear that they were looking at me and wondering if I was some kind of uncultured Philistine for even considering orienteering without proper equipment.

And for that, Sweden Rocks

posted by Jeff @ 6:37 AM