Homemade Battery Booster for ForeRunner 205/305

Labels: Forerunner 305
Discussing orienteering equipment

Labels: Forerunner 305
Labels: Camp Scherman, GPS, head cam, LAOC, orienteering, veogeo, video
What happens when you combine sprint orienteering with a head cam, a GPS watch, and the new VeoGeo site? A maniacally breathless mashup!
Labels: GPS, head cam, orienteering, veogeo, video
At least six competitors in the March 31 BAOC race wore Inov-8 shoes. The Mudclaw 270 and 330 were the shoes of choice as two of the top runners placed orders after testing the 270's.
Vlad's 330's
Andrejus Masalkovas
James' 270's
The Mudclaw O+340 is not currently recommended due to a problem with the metal studs ripping out. This is otherwise a top rated shoe. The matter has been brought to the attention of Inov-8 and we hope to have word shortly on resolution of the problem.
-Joe

The DIY headband-cam is a simple and potentially effective way to capture some of the first-hand real time experience besides being a lot of fun.
-Joe
I'm anxious to give it a try as should anyone looking for the ideal holder for bike-O, AR and touring. It comes supplied with attached bungee cords which makes map attachment very simple. For map protection, a larger map, unobscured, I suggest a heavy duty map case attached by Velcro. The map case idea has yet to be tested so ideas and comments on this, and the holder would be very much welcomed. Mark was kind enough to offer Scarborough Orienteering the first six off the assembly line.As for a compass, I'm anticipating that the Silva 19 Clip will do the job just fine. The needle performance is much higher than you would expect from a $20 compass. I'm not into bike orienteering but I imagine it does not require taking precise bearings nor a state of the art needle. AR and touring require even less. Brunton no longer imports the compass so when current supplies are gone, that's it for the Clip
-Joe
A properly balanced needle will be in line with the baseplate even when tilted and should exhibit no delay or inconsitency in settling.
Larry Berman, Berman Orienteering Supply, is running out of ski map holders for the upcoming Championships in the Sierra. He suggested simply tying a string to a map case at a minimum. Taking up on the idea I dipped into my supply of vinyl sheet protectors, stiffer, good for many uses and much clearer than your standard polybag map case. With a lanyard quality neck string you have something almost as snazzy as the $30 REI jobs good for hiking and maybe as a poor man's ski-O holder.
The next step was to make up, to some degree, for the lack of the rotation you get with the ski map holder. A second Vinyl envelope, a bunch of sticky back Velcro and you have a detachable map case that can be held in a rotated position. A Velcro tab keeps the map from falling out in the upside down position. Folded over Velcro tape reinvforces the hole for attaching the lanyard.
This is just an idea. I don't bring any ski-o experience to the table. Next in improvements might be a truly rotatable version. Then, a low cost home made harness idea might give you something close to the utility of a high tech European holder. Maybe something like Larry usually stocks or this?-Joe
Just duct tape to your finger stick after backing with duct tape or, as in this case, "laminated" with clear packing tape. Running your compass lanyard through the stick strap is a good security measure. 
opportunity to compare with our VJ's which we wore during a race there a few weeks ago.
support and excellent construction. Most impressive is the very aggressive studding AND, on the 340's (pictured,) dobb spikes.