Hot, hot, hot, hot... Only this probably had been coming to the heads of the die-hards who risked
 trying advanced course at our June meet this last Saturday at Stewart Gulch, Boise. Unforgiving
 sun brought day temperatures to 95 degrees in the shade and much higher at the steep hills overlooking
 the city. They were very thankful for the plenty of water and natural showers at the finish.
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Beginner’s course at 1.7K, 9 controls was set on the plain part of the map surrounding the
 Hillside junior-high school. Alexander family in two pairs, Cary and Chad Huston (earning for his
 scout badge), and Masha successfully finished the course. Unfortunately nobody reported seeing the
 rabbit at one of the controls that was spotted by the course setter (although a fox was seen at one
 of the advanced controls - living proof of wild life existence at Boise foothills). Alexanders voted
 to try more advanced Intermediate course set at approximately same length but crossing killing open
 foothills. That was very different experience for them. Congratulations on trying it! Karin came from
 McCall and finished the Intermediate course with the best time. She had only one remark at the finish
 line "Hot!".
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Our grownup die-hards went for the long torturing foothill exploration. They should be mentioned
 specially! Here they are: Brooks Aberg, August Hess, Dan Herring, David Bergset , Ole Bergset,
 and Jeff Black. Brooks and August went on the course in spite of the course setter warnings and
 almost made it to the end! Real competition fired among our experienced runners. Unfortunately
 Jeff missed one of the tricky controls although finishing with very good time. David ran faster
 than his dad by a little bit more than one minute. Dan finished the course at respectful time.
 Well, I think that was quite experience for the fans. Good spirit!
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Meet Results:

Beginner Course: 1.7K, 9 controls, 10 m

1. Steve and Alan Alexander     18:00
2. Lisa and Angela Alexander    25:50
3. Masha Velichko               37:10
4. Cary and Chad Huston         48:00

Intermediate Course: 1.85K, 7 controls, 140 m

1. Karin Didisse                35:15
2. Alexanders family            71:07

Advanced Course: 5.2K, 17 controls, 385 m

1. David Bergset                97:52
2. Ole Bergset                  99:11
3. Dan Herring                  132:00
4. Jeff Black                   72:45 (DSQ - missed #4)
5. Brooks Aberg and August Hess 133:00 (DNF)

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Our next meet will be our first full 2-day A meet at McCall on Saturday/Sunday, August 17-18.
 Hope to see you all there and enjoy wonderful woods and terrain!
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Sergey Velichko