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THE KENEYATHLONSM
IN MEMORY OF FINN AAGAARD (1932 – 2000)
David Nissen Kahn
©2009: All Rights Reserved
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT RELEASE
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION
PREMISE
Tools amplify human muscles and thereby human will. The rifle is a tool for striking a powerful, decisive blow on a target at any range at which it can be clearly identified. But tools are inanimate and mindless intermediaries, and their use is a complex, skilled and mostly human process. The violinist’s musicianship can be tested ultimately only in live performance in front of a knowledgeable, critical audience. Just the same, the riflist’s attainments must be proven in the right envi-ronment, in the right way.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION
The Keneyathlon is a shooting competition that ex-amines practical rifle shooting as it happens in the field, rather than on the formal shooting range. It is unstandardized, widely variable and freestyle, with as little prescription as possible. As is the essence of field shooting, the Keneyathlon juxtaposes intense concentration and complex cognition, gross physical effort and fine motor control. It is an odd—yet charming—combination that is perhaps unduplicated. Judgment, self-knowledge and self-control predominate: the Keneyathlon is not a shooting test so much as a thinking test. Participants must understand not only the characteristics of their rifle-ammunition package, but also their abilities with it. It puts an integrated biomechanical system of person and instrument into its natural environ-ment and demands that each riflist decide what he or she—not the tool itself—can and cannot do then and there.
“ . . . the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to ap-plaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact.”
Aldo Leopold
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PHILOSOPHY AND RATIONALE
The late Jeff Cooper called the rifle Queen of Weapons. He said that while she holds court in many places, her proper dominion is the field: a person with a rifle who can use it well commands all that he or she surveys. The great American rifle shot and gunmaker Harry M. Pope observed, “The bench proves the rifle. Offhand proves the man.” The rifle and its operator are an indivisible whole, and the shottist’s brain is its director. A sound instrument is as essential to riflecraft as it is to musicianship, but it is the player who animates the thing and elevates its use to artistry.
Different from the emotional power of the violin, the power of the rifle is physical and deadly. Its lethal capacity demands not only artistry and skill but also—definitively—judgment and morality.
All shooting formats test the biomechanical system in some degree. All require the exercise of intellect. But none tests all constitutive aspects of mechanical performance, human physical performance and human intellectual performance together in their full measures. Let us call that subtle combination riflism: the interactive collection of everything that comprises mastery of the rifle. That can be tested only in the field, where physical effort, discomfort and fatigue vie with judgment, self-control and emotion to frustrate concentration on the supposedly simple act of breaking the shot. To test riflism fully, there is only the Keneyathlon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Cogito ergo sum.”
René Descartes
“This is the Law . . . . The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplementary.”
John Steinbeck
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PURPOSES AND GOALS
The Keneyathlon is the complete test of riflism. It accomplishes its purpose and justifies its ambitious claim by
o providing a stylized but still accurate replica-tion of field shooting in a controlled and observable, measurable environment.
o testing simultaneously the spectrum of cognitive and biomechanical attributes necessary to the riflist.
o testing mechanical function, durability and utility of equipment, as well as its interface with its operator.
o examining performance of both individuals and shooter-observer pairs.
o providing a year-round, realistic, entertaining and educational shooting activity for hunters, professionals and other shooters unserved or unsatisfied by standard exercises and competi-tions.
o offering a legitimate, wide-ranging field-test vehicle .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“The purpose of shooting is hitting.”
John D. “Jeff” Cooper
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EQUIPMENT
The controlling principle is to take all comers, then let them perform unrestricted in closely similar situations to see what is effective, what is not and why. Put succinctly, “If it works for you, it’s fine. If it works better than what we’ve got or what we’re doing, we’ll all use it.” Thus, no equipment or technique per se is cheating, unfair or illegal.
o Any rifle with any sights. Any appropriate caliber and centerfire chambering . Any safe, legal configuration. Minimum trigger pull weight 2.5 pounds (1134 grams). Operative safety. Set triggers same weight unset; may be set only when operator is in position to shoot. Functional safety. Any shooting aids . Match officials to verify trigger weight and safety compliance in formal pre-competitive equipment inspection.
o Ear- and eye-protection are mandatory.
o Lasers must be eye-safe and verified by match officials.
o For safety or administration, items such as fluorescent or numbered vests may be stipulated. Other items, such as packs of given content or weight (or percentage of body weight), may be required. If a weighted pack or other load is dictated, it will be verified at the starting line and confirmed at the finish. Water, food and other consumables (e.g., ammunition) are not included in a weight requirement, because they are optional (see below) and variable, and because they diminish the burden as they are ex-hausted.
o Any equipment not specified is at operator discretion. With justifying explanation, items of equipment may be disallowed.
o Any bullet style and construction. The Keneyath-lon is a hunting simulation on its face, however, though see prior footnotes. Expanding projectiles are suggested, but military ball and match bullets are acceptable, especially for professional operators .
o Usual field attire is recommended, but military and police items are not prohibited (prior foot-notes). Worn by professional riflists engaged in practicing their “business” skills, it is encouraged as necessary to the examination.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Rules? There’s no rules in a knife fight!!”
Ted Cassidy as Harvey Logan in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FORMAT AND OVERVIEW
Each Keneyathlon is designed de novo and comprises one or more courses of fire. Each course consists in one flagged cross-country trail, which participants travel timed. It is previewed only by standardized general description. At distinctively marked, proctored points along it, unstated numbers of targets are offered in scenarios, to be engaged freestyle. These firing points represent field problems . For each target, shooting may or may not be appropriate. Engagement includes finding and recognizing all targets, taking a “shoot/no-shoot” decision about each, and striking all identified “shoot” targets. There is an unrevealed total time limit for each firing point . Scoring is achieved and accounted by shooting alone, but may be modified by multiplier factors such as time.
There is no standard course of fire, target or range. Targets are recognizably reactive to bullet impact and self-resetting, usually metal gongs, which offer both movement and sound signatures. They may be appropriate anatomical silhouettes or geometric shapes of reasonable size. They are described in preliminary literature and shown to the keneyathletes during pre-competitive briefing.
Elapsed time for each participant is adjusted for age, based on accepted physiological understandings of age-related deterioration of human physical performance potential. The third decade (ages 20 to 29 years) is standard and includes adolescence: a participant whose age is between 18 and 29 years receives no correction. Each half-decade thereafter gives a subtraction multiplier of 0.02 (2 per cent subtracted from elapsed time) from ages 30 to 49 years. From 50 years upward, the factor is 0.015. Therefore, a 27-year-old keneyathlete’s correction factor is 0.0, a 47-year-old keneyathlete’s correction factor is 0.08, and a 57-year-old’s is 0.11.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.”
Anonymous
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SCORING
The underlying philosophy is field realism. In the field, shooting occurs under time pressure. Consider: the best that can happen is that the quarry is recognized be-fore it is alerted, identified clearly and struck a single decisive blow. Any other outcome is at best bad all around, and the range of possible outcomes rapidly wors-ens.
1. The shottist may fire at any target as many times as desired and take targets in any order. Number of shots may be lim-ited. All shots count and are scored.
2. Geometrical targets (such as rectangles of vital zone dimensions) are scored hit or miss. One hit per target is scored unless stated otherwise. All targets must be identified.
Hits score +1.
Unidentified targets score –1.
Misses score –2.
No-shoot hits score –3.
No-shoot misses score –2 .
3. Anatomical silhouette targets may be used. If so,
Vital hits score +1.
Non-vital hits score –4.
Vital no-shoot hits score –5.
Non-vital no-shoot hits score –6
Vital hits cancel non-vital ones on the same target.
4. Shooting Score (SS) is the sum of hits (H) and penalties (P) .
SS = H + P.
5. Keneyathletes are timed from start to finish (see Rules of Conduct). Elapsed Time (T) is corrected to give Corrected Elapsed Time (TC), which adjusts for administrative delays (TA) at firing points (c.f., Rules of Conduct) and for age (FA). All TC are averaged to produce Standard Time (TS). Each TC is divided into the TS to create the Time Factor (FT).
TC = (T –TA) – [(T – TA) x FA].
TS = ΣTC/n, where Σ means sum and n = number of participants.
FT = TS/TC.
6. Final Score (SF) for a course is
SF = SS x FT.
7. Total score (ST) is the sum of stage scores:
ST = SF1 + SF2 + SF3 + . . . + SFN, where N = num-ber of courses. (See note 11 below.)
8. Ties are unlikely and have never been seen, but they are possible in principle and are always divided by short, practical shooting exercises, never by chance (e.g., a coin toss) .
A few philosophical and practical observations: Points are won and lost only by shooting. FT merely modifies the value of SS. Fast times make higher scores for hits—but they amplify the costs of misses. And it is possible to go slowly enough to shoot well and lose
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“You can’t miss fast enough to catch up.”
Ross Seyfried
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FIREARMS HANDLING AND SAFETY
1. Rifles are carried on course in Condition 4 . They are not charged or fired without the presence and direction of an identified official. Infraction causes immediate summary disqualification.
2. Off course, shoulder arms are in Condition 4, slung with action open, racked with action open or cased. A supervised safe handling area is pro-vided.
3. Sidearms are carried in any condition de-sired, so long as they are holstered.
4. The “Four Rules” are always in effect and more than sufficient to gunhandling safety and common courtesy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Hey! Let’s be careful out there!”
Michael Conrad as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus in “Hill Street Blues”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RULES OF CONDUCT
1. Starting order is selected by lot.
2. Participants run each course sequentially (or together in teams of shooter and spotter) at intervals of ten minutes, under direction of a starter. Participants leave the start/finish line carrying all mandatory equipment (see Equipment).
3. Timing begins with the start signal or command. It continues uninterrupted until the finish line is crossed in the correct direction (c.f. #8) or until the keneyathlete or team formally retires from the course.
4. When shooter/spotter teams are running, either person may shoot at any firing point or target. For practicality and safety, only one may shoot at a time . Shooter and spotter may interchange roles at a shooting station by announcing intent and receiving acknowledgment prior to the change.
5. At marked and proctored, clearly identified firing points, keneyathletes receive standardized instructions read from a script to put them in the scenario. They solve the problem(s) presented, working freestyle. An unstated time limit is imposed. Anything occurring after time is called has no effect on scoring.
6. Owing to differing speeds of travel, ke-neyathletes may arrive at firing points out of order. They shoot in order of arrival. They wait in a holding area out of sight and hearing of the problem.
7. Delayed shooters time their waits (TA) with provided instruments. The proctor records TA.
8. There are no “alibis.” Mechanical failures and physical injuries may be repaired on course, if that can be done safely. Keneyathletes may return for repair and re-supply by backtracking under on-going timing (see #3). Such participants may re-enter in the next available starting time slot, as directed by the starter, and proceed to their next sequential firing point.
9. Coaching, except by spotter teammate, is prohibited.
10. Unless there are clearly dangerous conditions, courses proceed irrespective of weather conditions.
11. Any item prescribed must be carried throughout the course or match, whether used or not. Any equipment or technique not directly forbidden is allowed.
NOTES
For additional information and welcomed comment, call or write David Nissen Kahn, M.D., 8815 West Wesley Place, Lakewood, Colorado 80227-3028, USA; telephone 303-985-5246 (messaging 24 hours); email dnkahn@comcast.net.
This prospectus covers centerfire rifle use. With self-evident changes made, the Keneyathlon can be used for many forms of fieldcraft based on other weapons, such as rimfire rifles and pistols, centerfire pistols, archery, black powder arms and air rifles and pistols. The author claims these and any other uses not mentioned under the scope of his copyright and his registered service marks. He has also promulgated the ProskopathlonSM for purely tactical applications .
Previously copyright asserted 15 February 2006 and 10 March 2004, clarifying edition of 25 February 2004. Supercedes previous editions © 10 November 1989, 10 October 1990, 7 December 1990, 17 December 1990, 10 Janu-ary 1992, 31 January 1994, 23 September 1996, 11 April 1999, 20 January 2000 and derivatives therefrom.
This seems really interesting to me. Would setting something like this be legal in a national forest? Would anyone else be interested in trying to set up something like this?
THE KENEYATHLONSM
IN MEMORY OF FINN AAGAARD (1932 – 2000)
David Nissen Kahn
©2009: All Rights Reserved
NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT RELEASE
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION
PREMISE
Tools amplify human muscles and thereby human will. The rifle is a tool for striking a powerful, decisive blow on a target at any range at which it can be clearly identified. But tools are inanimate and mindless intermediaries, and their use is a complex, skilled and mostly human process. The violinist’s musicianship can be tested ultimately only in live performance in front of a knowledgeable, critical audience. Just the same, the riflist’s attainments must be proven in the right envi-ronment, in the right way.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION
The Keneyathlon is a shooting competition that ex-amines practical rifle shooting as it happens in the field, rather than on the formal shooting range. It is unstandardized, widely variable and freestyle, with as little prescription as possible. As is the essence of field shooting, the Keneyathlon juxtaposes intense concentration and complex cognition, gross physical effort and fine motor control. It is an odd—yet charming—combination that is perhaps unduplicated. Judgment, self-knowledge and self-control predominate: the Keneyathlon is not a shooting test so much as a thinking test. Participants must understand not only the characteristics of their rifle-ammunition package, but also their abilities with it. It puts an integrated biomechanical system of person and instrument into its natural environ-ment and demands that each riflist decide what he or she—not the tool itself—can and cannot do then and there.
“ . . . the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to ap-plaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact.”
Aldo Leopold
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PHILOSOPHY AND RATIONALE
The late Jeff Cooper called the rifle Queen of Weapons. He said that while she holds court in many places, her proper dominion is the field: a person with a rifle who can use it well commands all that he or she surveys. The great American rifle shot and gunmaker Harry M. Pope observed, “The bench proves the rifle. Offhand proves the man.” The rifle and its operator are an indivisible whole, and the shottist’s brain is its director. A sound instrument is as essential to riflecraft as it is to musicianship, but it is the player who animates the thing and elevates its use to artistry.
Different from the emotional power of the violin, the power of the rifle is physical and deadly. Its lethal capacity demands not only artistry and skill but also—definitively—judgment and morality.
All shooting formats test the biomechanical system in some degree. All require the exercise of intellect. But none tests all constitutive aspects of mechanical performance, human physical performance and human intellectual performance together in their full measures. Let us call that subtle combination riflism: the interactive collection of everything that comprises mastery of the rifle. That can be tested only in the field, where physical effort, discomfort and fatigue vie with judgment, self-control and emotion to frustrate concentration on the supposedly simple act of breaking the shot. To test riflism fully, there is only the Keneyathlon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Cogito ergo sum.”
René Descartes
“This is the Law . . . . The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplementary.”
John Steinbeck
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PURPOSES AND GOALS
The Keneyathlon is the complete test of riflism. It accomplishes its purpose and justifies its ambitious claim by
o providing a stylized but still accurate replica-tion of field shooting in a controlled and observable, measurable environment.
o testing simultaneously the spectrum of cognitive and biomechanical attributes necessary to the riflist.
o testing mechanical function, durability and utility of equipment, as well as its interface with its operator.
o examining performance of both individuals and shooter-observer pairs.
o providing a year-round, realistic, entertaining and educational shooting activity for hunters, professionals and other shooters unserved or unsatisfied by standard exercises and competi-tions.
o offering a legitimate, wide-ranging field-test vehicle .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“The purpose of shooting is hitting.”
John D. “Jeff” Cooper
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EQUIPMENT
The controlling principle is to take all comers, then let them perform unrestricted in closely similar situations to see what is effective, what is not and why. Put succinctly, “If it works for you, it’s fine. If it works better than what we’ve got or what we’re doing, we’ll all use it.” Thus, no equipment or technique per se is cheating, unfair or illegal.
o Any rifle with any sights. Any appropriate caliber and centerfire chambering . Any safe, legal configuration. Minimum trigger pull weight 2.5 pounds (1134 grams). Operative safety. Set triggers same weight unset; may be set only when operator is in position to shoot. Functional safety. Any shooting aids . Match officials to verify trigger weight and safety compliance in formal pre-competitive equipment inspection.
o Ear- and eye-protection are mandatory.
o Lasers must be eye-safe and verified by match officials.
o For safety or administration, items such as fluorescent or numbered vests may be stipulated. Other items, such as packs of given content or weight (or percentage of body weight), may be required. If a weighted pack or other load is dictated, it will be verified at the starting line and confirmed at the finish. Water, food and other consumables (e.g., ammunition) are not included in a weight requirement, because they are optional (see below) and variable, and because they diminish the burden as they are ex-hausted.
o Any equipment not specified is at operator discretion. With justifying explanation, items of equipment may be disallowed.
o Any bullet style and construction. The Keneyath-lon is a hunting simulation on its face, however, though see prior footnotes. Expanding projectiles are suggested, but military ball and match bullets are acceptable, especially for professional operators .
o Usual field attire is recommended, but military and police items are not prohibited (prior foot-notes). Worn by professional riflists engaged in practicing their “business” skills, it is encouraged as necessary to the examination.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Rules? There’s no rules in a knife fight!!”
Ted Cassidy as Harvey Logan in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FORMAT AND OVERVIEW
Each Keneyathlon is designed de novo and comprises one or more courses of fire. Each course consists in one flagged cross-country trail, which participants travel timed. It is previewed only by standardized general description. At distinctively marked, proctored points along it, unstated numbers of targets are offered in scenarios, to be engaged freestyle. These firing points represent field problems . For each target, shooting may or may not be appropriate. Engagement includes finding and recognizing all targets, taking a “shoot/no-shoot” decision about each, and striking all identified “shoot” targets. There is an unrevealed total time limit for each firing point . Scoring is achieved and accounted by shooting alone, but may be modified by multiplier factors such as time.
There is no standard course of fire, target or range. Targets are recognizably reactive to bullet impact and self-resetting, usually metal gongs, which offer both movement and sound signatures. They may be appropriate anatomical silhouettes or geometric shapes of reasonable size. They are described in preliminary literature and shown to the keneyathletes during pre-competitive briefing.
Elapsed time for each participant is adjusted for age, based on accepted physiological understandings of age-related deterioration of human physical performance potential. The third decade (ages 20 to 29 years) is standard and includes adolescence: a participant whose age is between 18 and 29 years receives no correction. Each half-decade thereafter gives a subtraction multiplier of 0.02 (2 per cent subtracted from elapsed time) from ages 30 to 49 years. From 50 years upward, the factor is 0.015. Therefore, a 27-year-old keneyathlete’s correction factor is 0.0, a 47-year-old keneyathlete’s correction factor is 0.08, and a 57-year-old’s is 0.11.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.”
Anonymous
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SCORING
The underlying philosophy is field realism. In the field, shooting occurs under time pressure. Consider: the best that can happen is that the quarry is recognized be-fore it is alerted, identified clearly and struck a single decisive blow. Any other outcome is at best bad all around, and the range of possible outcomes rapidly wors-ens.
1. The shottist may fire at any target as many times as desired and take targets in any order. Number of shots may be lim-ited. All shots count and are scored.
2. Geometrical targets (such as rectangles of vital zone dimensions) are scored hit or miss. One hit per target is scored unless stated otherwise. All targets must be identified.
Hits score +1.
Unidentified targets score –1.
Misses score –2.
No-shoot hits score –3.
No-shoot misses score –2 .
3. Anatomical silhouette targets may be used. If so,
Vital hits score +1.
Non-vital hits score –4.
Vital no-shoot hits score –5.
Non-vital no-shoot hits score –6
Vital hits cancel non-vital ones on the same target.
4. Shooting Score (SS) is the sum of hits (H) and penalties (P) .
SS = H + P.
5. Keneyathletes are timed from start to finish (see Rules of Conduct). Elapsed Time (T) is corrected to give Corrected Elapsed Time (TC), which adjusts for administrative delays (TA) at firing points (c.f., Rules of Conduct) and for age (FA). All TC are averaged to produce Standard Time (TS). Each TC is divided into the TS to create the Time Factor (FT).
TC = (T –TA) – [(T – TA) x FA].
TS = ΣTC/n, where Σ means sum and n = number of participants.
FT = TS/TC.
6. Final Score (SF) for a course is
SF = SS x FT.
7. Total score (ST) is the sum of stage scores:
ST = SF1 + SF2 + SF3 + . . . + SFN, where N = num-ber of courses. (See note 11 below.)
8. Ties are unlikely and have never been seen, but they are possible in principle and are always divided by short, practical shooting exercises, never by chance (e.g., a coin toss) .
A few philosophical and practical observations: Points are won and lost only by shooting. FT merely modifies the value of SS. Fast times make higher scores for hits—but they amplify the costs of misses. And it is possible to go slowly enough to shoot well and lose
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“You can’t miss fast enough to catch up.”
Ross Seyfried
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FIREARMS HANDLING AND SAFETY
1. Rifles are carried on course in Condition 4 . They are not charged or fired without the presence and direction of an identified official. Infraction causes immediate summary disqualification.
2. Off course, shoulder arms are in Condition 4, slung with action open, racked with action open or cased. A supervised safe handling area is pro-vided.
3. Sidearms are carried in any condition de-sired, so long as they are holstered.
4. The “Four Rules” are always in effect and more than sufficient to gunhandling safety and common courtesy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Hey! Let’s be careful out there!”
Michael Conrad as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus in “Hill Street Blues”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RULES OF CONDUCT
1. Starting order is selected by lot.
2. Participants run each course sequentially (or together in teams of shooter and spotter) at intervals of ten minutes, under direction of a starter. Participants leave the start/finish line carrying all mandatory equipment (see Equipment).
3. Timing begins with the start signal or command. It continues uninterrupted until the finish line is crossed in the correct direction (c.f. #8) or until the keneyathlete or team formally retires from the course.
4. When shooter/spotter teams are running, either person may shoot at any firing point or target. For practicality and safety, only one may shoot at a time . Shooter and spotter may interchange roles at a shooting station by announcing intent and receiving acknowledgment prior to the change.
5. At marked and proctored, clearly identified firing points, keneyathletes receive standardized instructions read from a script to put them in the scenario. They solve the problem(s) presented, working freestyle. An unstated time limit is imposed. Anything occurring after time is called has no effect on scoring.
6. Owing to differing speeds of travel, ke-neyathletes may arrive at firing points out of order. They shoot in order of arrival. They wait in a holding area out of sight and hearing of the problem.
7. Delayed shooters time their waits (TA) with provided instruments. The proctor records TA.
8. There are no “alibis.” Mechanical failures and physical injuries may be repaired on course, if that can be done safely. Keneyathletes may return for repair and re-supply by backtracking under on-going timing (see #3). Such participants may re-enter in the next available starting time slot, as directed by the starter, and proceed to their next sequential firing point.
9. Coaching, except by spotter teammate, is prohibited.
10. Unless there are clearly dangerous conditions, courses proceed irrespective of weather conditions.
11. Any item prescribed must be carried throughout the course or match, whether used or not. Any equipment or technique not directly forbidden is allowed.
NOTES
For additional information and welcomed comment, call or write David Nissen Kahn, M.D., 8815 West Wesley Place, Lakewood, Colorado 80227-3028, USA; telephone 303-985-5246 (messaging 24 hours); email dnkahn@comcast.net.
This prospectus covers centerfire rifle use. With self-evident changes made, the Keneyathlon can be used for many forms of fieldcraft based on other weapons, such as rimfire rifles and pistols, centerfire pistols, archery, black powder arms and air rifles and pistols. The author claims these and any other uses not mentioned under the scope of his copyright and his registered service marks. He has also promulgated the ProskopathlonSM for purely tactical applications .
Previously copyright asserted 15 February 2006 and 10 March 2004, clarifying edition of 25 February 2004. Supercedes previous editions © 10 November 1989, 10 October 1990, 7 December 1990, 17 December 1990, 10 Janu-ary 1992, 31 January 1994, 23 September 1996, 11 April 1999, 20 January 2000 and derivatives therefrom.
This seems really interesting to me. Would setting something like this be legal in a national forest? Would anyone else be interested in trying to set up something like this?