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Bob Graham Round

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paulcook 10 Apr 8:58am, 10 Apr 2025 7,778 posts	Quote Pin paulcook I wouldn't actually know what was / wasn't the BG trod anyway. When I did the race (well I did TWA rather than Anni Waltz) for some reason they decided not to send us all the way to the top of Robinson and the checkpoint was somewhere close to the top. It made it interesting because you didn't know what you were aiming for and couldn't see the dibber until you were pretty close.
flyingfinn 10 Apr 9:51am, 10 Apr 2025 3,792 posts	Quote Pin flyingfinn Given that there are at least three different routes off Robinson that I've used at various times in my BG history, and all of those have variations, that instruction could mean a whole gamut of different things to different people. Without clarification it's a pretty meaningless and unenforceable 'rule'.
jacdaw 10 Apr 9:53am, 10 Apr 2025 4,809 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw Is that off Robinson, towards Hindscarth, anti-clockwise? Not sure I know which trod they mean.
Derby Tup 10 Apr 9:56am, 10 Apr 2025 71,620 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Spot on. I’m not sure I’ve ever been down the same way twice flyingfinn wrote:Given that there are at least three different routes off Robinson that I've used at various times in my BG history, and all of those have variations, that instruction could mean a whole gamut of different things to different people. Without clarification it's a pretty meaningless and unenforceable 'rule'.
Snoot 10 Apr 1:48pm, 10 Apr 2025 7,881 posts	Quote Pin Snoot Confussingly the line the Newlands Memorial race map takes off Robinson is the same as the Bob Graham route logged in the FKT site. I know people may take different routes but on the face of it if you hadn't been there and just referred to maps they're effectively saying don't follow the race map!
Rosehip 10 Apr 2:09pm, 10 Apr 2025 35,037 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip Not knowing anything about either... if this is the route then surely taking what I assume is the BG trod (the more eastern, lower line on here mapped using the arial view and a vague memory of slogging up it) doesn't properly go to CP1?
paulcook 10 Apr 4:27pm, 10 Apr 2025 7,784 posts	Quote Pin paulcook I can’t fully work it out but looking at my GPS trace from the route, the CP at Robinson looks vaguely where ours (a shared CP on both races) was. I can’t remember exactly why they wanted us to avoid Robinson peak - they only told us on the start line - but I wonder if it was the same reason. It was only 2 years ago so may make sense if they’re wanting to protect from erosion.
flanker 10 Apr 6:43pm, 10 Apr 2025 21,442 posts	Quote Pin flanker Unless they update an "official" race map at registration with an out of bounds area I don't see how they can even think about enforcing something that is so subjective. And even if they do, as 99% of those taking part won't look at their map, never mind mark it up or be able to relate it to what's under their feet, this seems just asking for lots of argument, hassle and general ill feeling.
Derby Tup 10 Apr 6:46pm, 10 Apr 2025 71,630 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup If the front runner goes the BG route they might have to disqualify most of the field
Snoot 11 Apr 10:35am, 11 Apr 2025 7,883 posts	Quote Pin Snoot I know this is the old official map but the one on sale at present shows the same route just with the name change. So as above anyone with a map in hand would be led along the line they appear to be trying to avoid?