Great photos

The rogaine area looks great. Hopefully the 700 limit is sufficient to accommodate everyone who will want to enter.

Hopefully?!
I don't think so, remember 1200 in Jagala Joa...
Organizers can start to develop participants selection rules. :(
Of course, it's not wise to let destroy National Park, making there a lot of new paths :)
Dilemma.

However, the 1200 participants in Jägala Joa took part in an 8 hour rogaine. 24 hours is quite a bit different.
In 2005, the ERC were held in Estonia, Nõva. About 100 Estonians took part in the 24h format ERC2005. The same year TAOK 8h rogain in Arbavere gathered over 750 participants.
There will also be an 8 hour TAOK rogaine in 2008, held 4 October 2008, which is 3 weeks after the WRC, on one part of the WRC terrain, outside the national park, but on a very interesting terrain nevertheless.

Lauri

Over 350 participants in 24h European champs this year, but, of course, let's be optimistic and best wishes to organizers. Terrain looks really great.

If I do remember correctly then was the limit for Warrumbungle WRC same -700. And estonians who just wanna walk a few hours will go to TAOK Rogain :) - So, no dilemma. "No worries, Mate!"

If entry fee makes no problem, why not to walk just a few hours? Do you participate in World Champs every day? :)

I plan to walk the entire 24 h on the WRC, but on the 8 h TAOK rogaine i will run as much the terrain allows. And i will kick a** on both competitions.

An estonian.

Great photogrpaphs.

The blurred animal is a bear?

7WRC was 500 imposed by the National Parks manager. When demand filled those 500 places four months prior to the event they allowed an increase to 700 which was filled from the standby list. We then turned over about 75 drop outs for illness etc. The landscape could have manged 1000 however I think that 700 was all we could manage for a 24 hour rogaine.

I think you will fill it which is Ok.

Great to see National Parks managers trust rogaining organisers and rogainers.

Best of luck to the organisers - no worries maaaatteee, she'll be right Bruce! What is the equivalent in Estonian?
Alan Mansfield - 7WRC

By the way, 'karu' means bear in Estonian.
Karula (the name of the National Park) means Bear's Place, or in other words, lots of bears. Anybody still interested to participate?

Well, the reality seems to be that nowadays bears are not permanent residents in Karula. They occasionally may visit the place, but apparently, they do not live there. Nevertheless, there are over 500 bears in Estonia. One of them (claimingly) was met during our latest rogaine in Jägala Joa. But it is really something very rare to see a bear when walking/running in Estonian forests. I have personally seen only one bear during the 25 years I have been regularly going to the woods (+ the first 18 years when I did not go to the woods ;-) in Estonia.
It is probably more likely that you win a lottery, or at least a WRC, than see a bear in Karula ;-)

Lauri

Don't excactly know what photo Alan ment, but the animal on the picture on the Karula National Park's gallery site is a beaver not a bear. The one in the water...

More about mammals in Karula:
http://www.karularahvuspark.ee/?nodeid=52&lang=en#Mammals

For beautiful pictures taken of birds and animals living in Estonian forests, please visit http://blog.moment.ee/