Friday Jan 13 -- F. D. Roosevelt State Park - Lake Deleanor

GAOC is implementing special COVID rules for event participants to maintain the health and safety of all participants and volunteers and to comply with state and local laws and park regulations. By entering in and attending the event you are agreeing to abide by these rules. Please make sure you read and understand them

In particular, please read, understand and comply with the rules on Masks, Social Distancing, Start, Finish and Results.
There will be NO water on the course. There will be NO food or water at the finish. Please plan accordingly.

Participants should NOT attend if they feel unwell, have a fever, have recently been exposed to COVID-19 or should be in quarantine for any reason

General Information

Location

Address: 2970 Georgia Highway 190, Pine Mountain, GA 31822
Typically 1 hr 30 mins drive from Atlanta International Airport Rental Car Center on Friday mornings


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F. D. Roosevelt State Park website (includes Maps and Directions)
*** Please obey the park speed limits at all times ***

Site Map

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Friday Meet HQ

F. D. Roosevelt State Park
Group Shelter west of (below) the Lake Deleanor dam. Access via Lake Deleanor Rd from GA State Road 354 (look for sign to campground) or from GA State Road 190 across from the FDR Park Office and Visitor Center.
No studs or cleats of any kind are allowed inside any buildings!

Registration & Check in

Packet pick up will be available at Meet HQ from 11:00 am - 4:30 pm.
Packet pick up will also be available from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm at the Sat/Sun Meet HQ - Lake Franklin Event Center.

Starts

Starts will be from 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm. Maximum Time is 2 hours. Courses close at 5:30 pm.

Walk to Start - about 500m southeast (uphill) along Lake Deleanor Rd.

Map

Map scale for Brown course (except F-18) is 1:7,500 with 5 meter contours, ISOM2017-2 standard.
All other courses, map scale is 1:10,000 with 5 meter contours, ISOM2017-2 standard.

Embargo

Entire FDR State Park is embargoed from June 1, 2022.

The FDR State Park - Lake Deleanor map from the January 2022 Georgia Navigator Cup NRE event is available to download here.

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All course maps from the January 2022 Georgia O-Fest (GAOC Navigator Cup) NRE event are on GAOC's RouteGadget here.

Courses

Course	OUSA Classes	Dist/Climb/Cntrls	Map Scale
White	F-10, F-12, M-10, M-12, M/F White, Grp White	2.3 km / 15 m / 10	1:10,000
Yellow	F-14, M-14, F Yellow, M Yellow, Grp Yellow	2.4 km / 15 m / 12	1:10,000
Orange	F-16, M-16, F Orange, M Orange	3.2 km / 55 m / 17	1:10,000
Brown-X	F55+, F60+, F65+, F Brown, M65+, M70+, M75+, M Brown	3.2 km / 65 m / 14	1:7,500
Brown-Y	F70+, F75+, F80+, F85+, F90+ M80+, M85+, M90+	2.8 km / 55 m / 13	1:7,500
Brown-Z	F-18	3.2 km / 65 m / 14	1:10,000
Green	M-18, F-20, F35+, F40+, F45+, F50+ M50+, M55+, M60+ F Green, M Green	3.6 km / 60 m / 16	1:10,000
Red	F-21+ M-20, M35+, M40+, M45+ M Red	4.4 km / 95 m / 16	1:10,000
Blue	M-21+	5.1 km / 90 m / 17	1:10,000

Restrooms

Restrooms are available at the Friday meet HQ in the Group Shelter.
No studs or cleats of any kind are allowed inside any buildings!

Cell Phone Service

Cell phone coverage is generally good.

Parking

Please car pool.
Parking is very limited in the Group Shelter area. Parking is permitted along one side of the road leading into the Group Sheter area.

All passenger vehicles must have a state park parking pass. Rates are charged based on vehicle capacity, not the number of actual passengers. Cars and vans with 1-12 passenger capacity are $5/day. You will need a pass for each day you are in the park. Georgia Yellow School buses are state vehicles, are exempt from parking charges and do not require a parking pass. Buses, other school buses and 13+ passenger vehicles MUST display a Park Pass each day.
If you are bringing a bus, please contact the Meet Director in advance.

You risk a ticket without a parking pass!

You can pull an envelope from the green boxes in the parking areas and follow the instructions if you use cash. You can buy your Daily Park Pass online. You can print your pass and place it on your dashboard or simply pull an envelope and write your pass number on it before placing it on your dashboard.

Practice map

None available

Babysitting

Babysitting will not be provided. Please do not plan on just leaving your young child at the Meet HQ. Please let the Registrar know if you have special start time requests that would help your own child care arrangements.

Emergency Information

In the case of a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
First aid kits and an AED will be located at Meet HQ.
Should you require additional medical aid, the nearest hospital emergency room is:
Wellstar West Georgia Emergency Department in LaGrange, GA, approximately 22 miles (30 minutes) northwest of F.D. Roosevelt State Park
The contact information is 1514 Vernon Rd, LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 882-1411

Search and Rescue (SAR)

The SAR coordinator for Friday is Fred Zendt. His cell phone number is (678) 640-5820. Put this number in your cell phone now.

He can be found through Meet HQ. Please coordinate the search and rescue of all missing or injured persons through Meet HQ.
Do not attempt search and rescue operations of your own.

Time Limits

Time limit is 2 hours on all courses. You must return to the Finish, punch the Finish control and Download your ePunch within 2 hours after you start, whether you complete your course or not. Do not go out on a course if you do not have the means to tell the time and how long you have been out. This generally means a watch or a cellphone

Safety

If you have been out for 2 hours or it is clear that you cannot finish in 2 hours, you must return immediately and report to the Finish.
A paved road runs more or less from North to South through the center of the map. Keep track of which side of this road you are on. If you are on the East side of the road, head West to the road, relocate and navigate along the road to the finish area. If you are on the West side of the road, head East to the road, relocate and navigate along the road to the finish area. If unsure, STAY on any road you come across

Carry a whistle. One will be provided upon request. Three (3) short blasts from a whistle indicate an emergency. Blowing the whistle otherwise will result in Disqualification. If you are lost after the courses close, you are already disqualified, and it is an emergency. Please blow your whistle so that we can locate you before it gets dark. You are encouraged to carry a cell phone to be able to call in an emergency. If your calls do not go through, try text messages. Before starting your course, make a contingency plan. Share your start time, expected finish time and contact details with someone who can raise the alarm. The courses close at 5:30 pm. Sunset is at 5:54 pm and last light is at 6:21 pm.

Assist an injured competitor. If another competitor is hurt and in need of assistance, help to the best of your ability or go to summon help. Report the injured competitor’s bib number and exact location to officials at the Finish or Start line.

Clothing Return

TBD

Warm up

TBD

Control Descriptions

Will be available at packet pickup and also printed on the map. Control descriptions will NOT be available at the Start.

Call Up

Be at the Call-up area approximately 5-10 minutes before your Start time.
Call up is 3 minutes before your start time.
After Call-up there will be two one-minute stages and then the Map lines. Control descriptions will NOT be available, except on your map.
At the Map line you will receive your map. Markers will be available to write your bib number on the back of the map.

If you finish before the last start, we will collect your map at the finish. You may retrieve your map once all competitors have started. There are only sufficient maps for each person to have one each day, so please do not take anyone else’s.

Finish Line

When arriving at the finish line, be sure to punch the “Finish” control at the Finish banner.
Proceed immediately to the Download Station to have your e-stick read. Take the printout of your results and split times.

If not all competitors have started, you will be asked to turn in your map and may pick it up later. Once you have finished, you may not re-enter the competition area without permission of the Meet Director.
Rental e-sticks must returned on the last day of your competition at the Download Station.

Course Setter Notes

There is an area in the center of the map that was private property until recently. The park acquired it and has built a short trail around it, known as the "easy" trail. The private property signs and boundary markers are still visible, and all courses except white and yellow may see them. You can ignore those signs.

Map Notes

F. D. Roosevelt State Park is mostly ridge and reentrant terrain, with a few large flat fields thrown in. The map uses symbols set forth in ISOM 2017. Map scale for most Middle distance courses is 1:10,000 with 5m contours. Brown-X and Brown-Y courses are printed at 1:7,500 with 5m contours.
North lines are spaced at 300m.

The non-standard symbols:

• Green 'X' used for rootstocks.
• Black ‘O’ used for "junk pile".
• Black ‘X’ used for man-made object that is not trash/junk.

Reserve Punch Boxes

In the rare event that one or more electronic punch units fail, 3 Reserve Punch boxes are provided on the map. Use the pin punch to record your presence at the control.