We went over the top, only because we listened to the briefing where the organisers stated what you were allowed to do. We felt if we went round after hearing the briefing it would of been wrong,but it was hugely frustrating to be slogging up the climb sticking to what we had been told knowing teams were going round on gaining time on us.
It does raise some points that need to be learnt for the future.
1) no ambiguity- this could of been covered by an extra cp on the summit or out of bounds around the hill side
2) clearly marked mandatory routes - like at the start - map said marked for 970m but would of been better to have it marked on the map.
Next years legs will be very clear in terms of what is legal and what is not.
Races should be decided on the hill in the fairest way possible !