Orienteering is a sport where the competitors use a very detailed map and a compass to find their way through pre-specified control points in the landscape.
Orienteering is special because it can be enjoyed by everyone, from a highly competitive endurance sport where the runners are among the strongest endurance athletes of any sport in the world, to a slow walk in the woods at your own pace.
Needless to say, it is a sport where brainwork is essential, it is therefore said that orienteering is like "playing chess while running."
This category emphasizes the sport of orienteering, not the act of navigating in the woods, so you will find related sites in the Recreation : Outdoors hierarchy.
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Britain's national orienteering magazine. Features full event coverage with worldwide circulation.
Illustrated tutorial explains magnetic compass operation and shows how to make your own compass.
Links to resources that deal with navigation.
Offers news, articles, gallery, event calendar and interviews.
Provides information about the sport of orienteering. In addition, it describes the program and map making services offered by Orienteering Unlimited.
Offers orienteering training events throughout the US. Specializes in school programs, teacher training seminars and corporate team building. Contact information and explanation of services.
Description of the sport, as well as map legends, control symbols and how to teach the game.
Describes how to use the sun and shadows for determining direction with illustrations. Also includes information on how to use the stars for finding direction and making an improvised compass.
An extensive index of orienteering sites maintained by Norwegian orienteer Jan Kocbach.
Illustrated tutorial explains magnetic compass operation and shows how to make your own compass.
Links to resources that deal with navigation.
An extensive index of orienteering sites maintained by Norwegian orienteer Jan Kocbach.
Britain's national orienteering magazine. Features full event coverage with worldwide circulation.
Offers orienteering training events throughout the US. Specializes in school programs, teacher training seminars and corporate team building. Contact information and explanation of services.
Provides information about the sport of orienteering. In addition, it describes the program and map making services offered by Orienteering Unlimited.
Describes how to use the sun and shadows for determining direction with illustrations. Also includes information on how to use the stars for finding direction and making an improvised compass.
Description of the sport, as well as map legends, control symbols and how to teach the game.
Offers news, articles, gallery, event calendar and interviews.
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