PLEASE
NOTE YOUR COMPETITOR NUMBER, WHICH IS
DISPLAYED ON THE TEAM LIST. YOU SHOULD
ALSO BRING THE FULL EVENT DETAILS WITH
YOU
EVENT
CENTRE
The wording of the previous newsletter
may have suggested to some that there
is no campsite. There is an excellent
camping field at the Event Centre. Please
do not arrive to park a car before 15:00
on Friday.
LAMM
LOCATION RECORDED PHONE MESSAGE
The Lowe Alpine switchboard has been overhauled
recently. Our recorded message on Thursday
evening from 17:30 will be available on
three telephone numbers - 01539 742077,
01539 742075, 01539 742076. It will
be best to visit the LAMM website, which
will tell you far more than is possible
in a brief message.
ACCOMMODATION
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
There is quite a lot of convenient bunkhouse
accommodation available close to the Event
Centre at a price for B&B of approximately
£14. Details of the accommodation
will be visible on the website when the
location of the LAMM goes live at www.lamm.co.uk
on Thursday 12th June by 15:00hrs. We
have arranged with the owners of the accommodation
for their details to be removed from our
site as soon as their accommodation is
full.
LAMM
WEBCAST
This year we will make a big effort to
keep those at home informed about the
LAMM. Most of the pages will also appear
on www.sleepmonsters.com.
We may be living on a technologically
advanced island but the Scottish Highlands
still present significant communications
problems and we can't afford a satellite
link. We will however try not to disappoint.
Those with access to the Internet on Friday
night will be able to see something of
significant interest! As the competitors
are setting off on Saturday and on Sunday
we will display small scale maps on the
site showing the terrain and each of the
routes. We aim to upload photographs and
reports on Friday evening, Saturday morning
by 10:00, Saturday evening by around 21:00,
Sunday morning by 10:30 and Sunday afternoon
by 17:00. Results will be displayed at
the end of each day. Fingers crossed!
LOOKING
FOR REPLACEMENT PARTNER?
The page on the forum has been working
really well, helping those who have lost
a partner to find a new one. Please use
it even at the last minute so that you
can compete.
EVENT
DRYFLO TEES & COOL DOWN CAPS
This year we will offer another a special
edition Lowe Alpine Dryflo tee shirt bearing
the LAMM 2003 logo on the breast. These
will be available in bluestone, white
and mosaic blue at a best ever price of
£14. A Cool Down Cap in Airforce
Blue bearing an embroidered 2003 LAMM
logo will also be available for £9.
The garments can be purchased during the
weekend in the marquee and should these
sell out, a mail order list will be compiled
and items despatched by the end of July.
They can also be ordered immediately after
the event from the online LAMM Shop.
TEES
& DRYFLO FROM 2002
We still have a number of LAMM2002 tee
shirts (£5) and Dryflo tees (£12)
available from the online LAMM Shop.
REGISTRATION
will be closed between 22:00 and 22:45
for the marshals briefing. At registration
you will receive your Si-Card and wriststrap,
2 small polybags for the Control Descriptions
(which are not waterproof), a pair of
foot shaped plastic bags care of Sidas.
The Information Desk will provide your
Saturday start time and allow you to register
team/course changes.
LATER
STARTS FOR THOSE RETURNING OR ARRIVING
ON SATURDAY MORNING
Start times will be provided at registration.
If you are registering on Friday and heading
off to find accommodation or not arriving
to register until Saturday morning you
will be given start times nearer to 10.00hrs.
MIDGES
One of our Mountain Rescue Team was in
the area recently and reported that the
midges were quite annoying. Try to bring
some insect repellent.
WATER
SUPPLY
The water at the Event Centre, on the
course and at the midcamp is consumed
at your own risk and if you are in any
doubt water should either be boiled or
purified. The supply at the Event Centre
is not very strong and we will provide
a few other sources that require a slightly
longer walk. Please do not wash anything
in the water bin and only dip clean pans
and water bottles into the bin. At the
midcamp, please do not wash in the water
upstream of the camp.
TOILETS
The usual rudimentary toilets will be
available at the midcamp field. These
must be used for all solid deposits! We
will have some portaloos at the Event
Centre but you can avoid the queue by
using the "traditional" slit
trenches.
WILFS
will
be serving their usual delicious fayre
in the large marquee, including a number
of Saturday breakfast options.
SPORTident SI Card
We will be using the SPORTident system
again this year. Those who are hiring
an SI Card will receive one card per team
at registration while those of you who
are using your own must present it at
registration so that we can confirm the
card number. If you have chosen to hire
a card, it will be attached loosely to
your wrist using a tamper proof wrist
strap. This will remain attached all weekend
and be cut off you either when you finish
or if you retire. If you lose, break or
take a hire card home with you the charge
will be £18.50. This is one
reason why we are now using these wristbands
for non-orienteering events of more than
2 hours duration. Also you will quickly
get used to carrying the card on your
wrist. Wrists do swell during exercise
and providing you have attached the card
loosely, you will hardly notice that you
are wearing it overnight.
THE
EVENT MAP
Maps (2 per team) are 29x29 inches and
will be handed out on the way to the start.
Maps are not waterproof so please ensure
that you take a 24x18inch map bag with
you and if the weather is really bad we
suggest that you save one map for use
on the second day. Also carry some money
with you in case you get stranded miles
from the Event Centre.
CHECKPOINT
DESCRIPTIONS
The six figure grid references you will
be given represent the bottom left corner
of a 100m square. The exact location could
be anywhere within the 100m square and
the description should enable you to locate
the checkpoint precisely. Due to the steepness
of the ground, some checkpoints will be
described as being, for example, 'on the
540m map contour'. This is to enable you
to locate the precise point on the map
and it may not always accurately reflect
the height you are seeing on your wrist
altimeter (should you be lucky enough
to have one)!
WHILE
COMPETING
Please remember not to touch any deer
calves, even if they appear to be distressed
as the mother will often reject them if
human scent is detected. Also try to avoid
stepping on nests of baby grouse - the
estates get annoyed. A number of rivers
in this area soon become uncrossable after
prolonged rain or even a heavy shower.
If in doubt, move UPSTREAM, not DOWNSTREAM
to cross and if moving downstream, ensure
that if all else fails you can cross by
a bridge.
DOCTORS:
Please
attach your 'Barrier Tape Streamers' to
your tent so that we can locate you in
an emergency.
EMERGENCY
TELEPHONE NUMBER
This is printed on the control descriptions
and should only be used in extremis. Rescue
facilities are only available to deal
with potentially life-threatening situations.
Locations and opening times of Mountain
Rescue posts will also be printed.
SUNDAY
MORNING STARTS
This year we will experiment with a more
flexible start regime for the Sunday morning
and the procedure will be very different
in 2003. There will be a chasing start
for the leading teams, which will begin
at 07.00. This will carry on until 08.00
and the majority of the teams will start
from 08.05 onwards at any time of their
choosing until 08.30. Day 2 start times
for Chasing Starters will be displayed
on the results board when a reasonable
number of teams have completed Day 1.
Teams that retire or are disqualified
on Day 1 are very welcome to start Day
2. Teams will start from a taped area
close to the mid-camp and all will use
their Si-Card to record their start time.
Course description sheets will be issued
in the taped area. Competitors will receive
description sheets just after they start.
Any teams that take more than 9 hours
to complete Day 1 will this year be given
the opportunity of starting at any time
from 07.00 onwards. We hope that this
will help to draw the slower teams along
and when the majority of teams catch up,
they will help to motivate the slower
teams. Also we hope that the range of
finish times will be compressed.
PRIZEGIVING
will take place at approximately 14:00
and this will allow the coach to depart
at 15:00.
AN
INNOVATIVE SPORTS NUTRITION STUDY - IT
ISN'T TOO LATE TO CONTACT HEATHER
Heather Clark, a postgraduate researcher
at the University of Sheffield is undertaking
a study at a number of long distance events
this year. The title of the research is
"Eating and drinking behaviour and
hydration during ultra-endurance exercise".
The supervisor for the project is Bernard
Corfe who has participated in the LAMM
on a number of occasions. In addition
to the LAMM, the study will also take
place this year at the Saunders MM and
the RRTC 24 Hour Cycle Time trail. Please
support this project if you can and for
further details see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/I-M/med/human/nut/NutSurv.htm
COACH
TRANSPORT
If you have booked places on the coach
from Glasgow please visit the relevant
page on the site to check your booking
is correct. You cannot carry gas canisters
on an aircraft. Please contact Rick Houghton
at Compass Point (see below) if you would
like the right gas cylinders to be reserved
for you.
COMPASS
POINT FOR LAST MINUTE PURCHASES
Rick and Angela Houghton will have their
mobile shop at the event. Telephone: 01253
795597 or email rick@compasspoint-online.co.uk.
Order online from www.compasspoint-online.co.uk.
OTHER
MERCHANDISE
18"x24" map bags, fine waterproof
pens, midge repellent, Blizzard Packs,
videos of Jura 1997, the handbook "Mountain
Navigation For Runners" by Martin
Bagness (at a special event price of £4)
and maps from previous events. Additional
maps from LAMM 2003 can also be purchased
at the end of the event.
CAMPING
IS AVAILABLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT You
are very welcome to camp at the Event
Centre on Sunday night. The local hotel
will welcome your custom.
