About Orienteering
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| FAQs Orienteering is a sport in which orienteers use an accurate, detailed map and a compass to find points in the landscape. It can be enjoyed as a walk in the woods or as a competitive sport. |
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| A standard orienteering course consists of a start, a series of control sites
that are marked by circles, connected by lines and numbered in the order they
are to be visited, and a finish. The control site circles are centred around the
feature that is to be found; this feature is also defined by control codes. On
the ground, an orange and white marker - known as a control flag or kite - marks the location that the orienteer must visit.
To verify a visit, the orienteer uses a electronic or manual punch next to the flag to record that he or she has visited the control.
The route between "controls" (refers to the flag or the site) is not specified, and is entirely up to the orienteer; this element of uncertainty and the |
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ability to navigate through the forest are the essence of orienteering.Most orienteering events use staggered starts to ensure that each orienteer
has a chance to do his or her own navigating, but there are several other
popular formats, including relays and events in which the orienteer must find as
many controls as possible within a specified time.
In the winter, MAROC, together with another local club Grampian Orienteers, organise a series of night events. The control used at a night event is shown on the picture on the left
Orienteering wiki is the place where there is an attempt to define everything that is orienteering. |
Page last updated on 17 August 2008 |
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