Everything field checked so far has been drafted. That's 2.23 sq km, or a little more than half of the northern half of the map. The southern half of the map is bigger though. I'm averaging about 40 hours/sq km for field checking. If you factor in the drafting and other prep work, it's more like 68 hours/sq km. This is in terrain that is very familiar to me. When I move into the boulders south of the powerline my speed will probably decrease. But next I will move into the bend of the river, which has different terrain but no boulders: fields, pine plantations, and flood plain.
Hopefully I can work in another 80 hours before the end of the year and have the northern map completely field checked. I may take a weeks vacation, a "staycation", and just work on the map in October.
But there is enough to run on now. 550 acres is plenty for an orienteering meet - but that will have to wait for lots of other things to happen first.
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