In a message dated 5/12/03 9:10:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
lomike@earthlink.net writes:
> In practice there are people who feel it is within their
> purview to walk course late in the process and "adjust" almost any aspect
> of courses even after it has been approved for safety.
As a course designer, this REALLY pisses me off. When I design a course by
putting the cones down first, I want them specifically where I put them for a
reason, not several feet away from where I put them. I think it's pretty
arrogant to just move the cones. If you want to ask the designer to consider
something, fine. The thing I notice is that the cone movers are seldom
people who sign up to do courses themselves. Ben and I don't always like
where each other place the cones, but we don't just go and change each others
courses.
When I put the lines down first, I usually have a little less invested in the
specifics than when I do the cones first. OTOH, it's also a little more
obvious when I come back through, as a moved cone is farther away from the
line than where I intended it to be.
Charlie
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