Wyatt asks:

	Does anyone know what the terrain around Kiev is like?


         Yes, I have run in most of their terrain types. There are
actually about 4 distinct types (incl. the peculiar "Republican
Stadium" type). I'm going to see if I can locate the maps.
Basically

Type 1 ~= Fort Ancient (OCIN)
Type 2 ~= Yukon
Type 3 ~= WOC 1995 Germany
Type 4 = post-Soviet urban developments with crowds


My one suspicion is that the forest floor will be _vastly_ cleaner than
Japan, as locals tend to comb the forests for deadfall-firewood.


Vlad's impression of the '4-types' of terrain around Kiev
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Type 1 = 1992-78.jpg
Type 2 = 1992-77.jpg


      They (WOC07 organizers) do have some maps on the new web page:

http://www.orient.org.ua/oldmapswoc2007/

 Type 1 = Maps 1, 2 (note 2 is a subarea of 1992-78)
 Type 2 = Maps 3, 4, 6, 7, 9
 Type 3 = Map 8
 Type 4 = Map 5

          The typology is mine, not theirs. Their web page came up
 after I wrote my original letter, so I wouldn't really classify
 Type 3 as "~= WOC 1995" anymore. It is much more like the Florida
 map we are working on right now for the Team Fundraiser. I can't
 think of a closer analogy in North America.

          Looking further at the embargoed and training area list
 at http://www.woc2007.org.ua/en/embargoed_areas ... the numerology
 starts all over. Not sure how best to write this. But, as far
 as I can see:

 E1 = {M8 = Tp3; M6 = Tp2}
 E2 = ?
 E3 = {M3, M4, M9} = Tp2
 E4 = {M1, M2} = 1992-78 = Tp1
 E5 = Tp2
 E6 = M5 = Tp4
 M7 = ?
 Tr1 = Tp2/3
 Tr2 = Tp1
 Tr3 = Tp1
 Tr4 = Tp4
 Tr5 = 1992-77 = Tp2

 			         Vladmir