Orienteering is a sport that combines mental and physical excellence. An endurance sport with map and compass. Suitable for all ages and all levels (beginner, recreational orienteer – elite athlete, World Champion).
Learn how to navigate with a compass easily and efficiently with the Silva 1-2-3 system. This video teaches you how to use a compass with a map to get to your desired location with ease. You will be guided through this easy to follow 3 step program by expert orienteers from Silva.
If you take cross country running, add a full nature experience and combine it with thrill & adventure – you get orienteering!
A few of us enjoyed this race video from Norway, with lots of exciting features like bog hopping, pond hopping, and straight out swimming. The map release itself is a real spectacle! Especially, watch the first 3:30 and then start watching again at the 36 minute mark. Much fun!
Emelie, 7, describes and demos how she rotates the map as she goes orienteering, always keeping it track of map vs. reality.
Orienteering is so much more than running – it’s about adventure, engaging your brain, skillful navigation, and constantly making choices to route, terrain, and tactics.
UPPSALA, Sweden — About 100 yards inside one entrance of the Lunsen forest is a rock ledge formed millenniums ago when all of Scandinavia was covered by ice. A thicket of bushes lines the near edge of a gully that drops down 15 feet. On the far edge, a group of trees rises, like fingers splayed wide, providing the false impression that they are not so far away when in fact, a steep fall awaits anyone who steps off the precipice. To the side of the ledge is a medium-size stone. Click here to read more…
Here’s a great video compilation of Thierry Gueorgiou running – both what he sees, as well as GPS / map tracking as he goes a long. A great visual, and some good learning tips from a master of orienteering.