World's Hardest Night-O

1. Mass start, for all "courses". (Goat rules, feel free to follow.)
2. Pre-marked maps, so it would be good if people who think they're coming send me an email (jjcote@juno.com) so that I can make sure that I print enough maps.
3. Everybody gets the same map. Do the first four controls, that's Brown. The first seven is Green, the first nine is Red, and all 12 makes Blue. You don't have to decide which course you're doing until you're out there and you've had enough fun.
4. All aspiring entrants must be recognized by the meet crew (i.e. me) as generally competent orienteers, or else make a reasonably convincing case that they know what they're doing in the dark with a map. Known bumblers should do the Vampire-O and have more fun.
5. All entrants must show that they are carrying two independent lights. If you find yourself without a light on this course, you're likely to be out there until dawn.
6. This is no cakewalk. This is an excursion into the belly of Pawtuckaway in the dark of night, and Pawtuckaway gets mighty dark and hungry. (The shorter courses don't get very far into the belly of Pawtuckaway, but the longer ones definitely do.) This map is fearsome in broad daylight, and at night, it's downright vicious. I know. I've tried to vet controls there in the dark. Is it really the world's hardest night-O? Beats me. I suppose they probably do night-O in places like Lunsen (Sweden), and that's got to be pretty tough. But I expect this will be pretty darn challenging.