Echo Park Urban Discovery May 2023

Elysian Park and surrounding neighborhood

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Ah, the joys of Elysian Park at Cinco de Mayo! Despite some major traffic snarls due to the crowds and a last minute notice to try a different parking lot, our participants managed to find us at the usual tables. We did delay the mass start by 15 minutes to give everyone a little extra breathing room. Kim Pincus used a combination of old and new points for the course and some did not get fully vet. Below is a full listing of all points that were given special consideration. If it's not on that list, then you had to have the right answer to get points. Timekeepers did not write down the seconds associated with each finish, but it was assumed there were some when calculating the late penalty.

Rex Winterbottom, visiting from the BAOC area, had the top score with a strategy that covered most of the west side of the map but not many controls in Zone 1. Alexandra Bridarolli had the top female score, focusing on the northwest part of the map.

Scoring notes (E is any indication that you couldn't find the control):

155 - (color of drinking fountain) This was intended to be a totally different question. Credit was given to anyone who put any answer.
299 - (HiFi Deli Giraffe) The circle is in the wrong place. Credit was given for the correct answer as well as to those who put E.
322 - (driveway gate color) A lot of people had difficulty with this one. We gave credit for anything including E.
338 - (plaque on fence) This was missing. Credit given for E only.
357 - (faded sign on chain link fence) This is now mostly covered by ivy. We gave credit for both the correct answer and for E.
399 - (before entering call...) This was missing. Credit given for E only.
432 - (steps to the trail) There are 4 steps from the pavement up to a small trail, but then 4 more steps on that trail up to a larger trail. A or C (8 or 4) accepted.
436 - (Who is...) This was missing. Credit given for E only.
499 - (Animal on sidewalk) This was missing. Credit given for E only.

Thanks to all the volunteers who made this event possible:

Course Design and vetting - Kim Pincus

Preregistration - Allan Pincus

Registration Table - Tatiana Vinnichenko

Finish - Tatiana Vinnichenko and Harvey Woo

Scoring/Results - Harvey Woo and Clare Durand

Equipment Schlepping - Roland Hansson, Rex Winterbottom, Karen Murphy, Kim Pincus, Rich Hoesly, possibly others?

Event Director - Clare Durand

Event Announcement

Name Class Raw Time Bonus Wrong Late SCORE

Score Penalty Penalty

Rex Winterbottom Adult Male 1090 1:57 65 -55 1100

John Kuechle Adult Male 840 1:57 50 890

Roland Hansson Adult Male 910 1:59 -65 845

Wayne Cottrell Adult Male 970 2:10 -55 -110 805

Lorenzo Rossi Adult Male 710 2:01 50 -20 740

Alexandra Bridarolli Adult Female 740 1:59 -45 695

Alexander Gokan Adult Male 710 1:54 -45 665

Seppo Rantala Adult Male 700 1:56 15 -80 635

Vas Normandy Adult Group 460 1:47 50 510

Gene Mason Adult Male 460 1:57 50 510

Sadullah Karimi Adult Male 500 1:42 500

Jon Wu Adult Male 650 2:21 15 -220 445

Cynthia and Joshua Family Group 370 1:57 370

Elena Vinnichenko Adult Female 510 2:15 -160 350

VO-1 Adult Group 340 1:52 340

The Strolly Pollies Adult Group 330 1:53 330

Elfesh Adult Group 340 2:03 15 -40 315

Antoni Lipetsky Junior Male 290 1:54 -30 260

Richard Hoesly Adult Male 250 1:39 250

Super Sloths Adult Female 260 1:53 -15 245

Winston Wong Adult Male 260 1:55 -15 245

Clare Durand Adult Female 230 1:38 230

Yu Wu Junior Male 170 1:58 170

Ashton Lee Junior Male 140 1:58 140

Miguel Datoc Junior Male 140 1:58 140

Aaron and Eleazar Family Group 120 1:46 120

Karen Murphy Adult Female 110 1:51 -30 80

Kimberly Rios Team Family Group 160 2:33 -340 0