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ABOUT Online registration before the event is encouraged. If you don’t want to use online registration, please email us at NE Ohio Orienteering and we will let the instructor know to save you a map. Location: Sippo Lake Clubhouse at the Marina The entrance location is from Perry Dr. onto Tyner St. 5300 Tyner St. NW, […]
Try Orienteering! The exciting Map and Compass sport! Our Permanent course at Brecksville Reservation – Cleveland Metroparks is always open and free. Find out more about this beginner level course at: https://neooc.com/brecksville-all-seasons-course/ where you can download the map and instructions. Or pickup the map and instructions at the Nature Center. Walk or run, just have […]
Recap The rain cleared and it was a beautiful night for Orienteering at Richfield Heritage Preserve. More than 45 Orienteers braved the mildly chilly night to run one or more of the three Night-O courses offered: Easy, Moderate, and Wacko. The Easy course was not really that easy, especially in the dark. But it WAS […]
Recap The remnants of Gordon visited, dampening the air and the ground, but not the enthusiasm of about 70 participants loaded with scouting spirit, and a desire to learn and develop their orienteering skills. Units from the Buckeye, Great Trail, & Lake Erie Councils attended. Right after breakfast, most of the participants took advantage of […]
Try Orienteering! The exciting Map and Compass sport! Our Permanent course at Brecksville Reservation – Cleveland Metroparks is always open and free. Find out more about this beginner level course at: https://neooc.com/brecksville-all-seasons-course/ where you can download the map and instructions. Or pickup the map and instructions at the Nature Center. Walk or run, just have […]
Our compasses aren’t surveyors’ tools – any bearing you measure on the map will likely be off by one or two degrees. As you follow the bearing, you are likely to unconsciously veer off another degree or two. Sometimes these errors will offset each other and you’ll end up exactly on target. But at other times they will compound each other. Over a 100 meter leg, a 3 degree error will put you 5 meters off course. You will likely still be able to see your target. But over a 500 meter leg, the same error would put you over 25 meters off course. You might very well not be able to see the control. So use your compass wisely as you apply the Five Key Skills: Use it to orient your map, and use it to aim yourself in a general direction, but when you use it to try to pick a precise line to a specific point, keep the distance as short as possible.
Today’s event was a chance to work on skills that can help us improve as orienteers. Bob Boltz set a course targeted at two skills. Read more…
Practice your O-skills even when you’re not out in the woods! The Maze-O will challenge your brain, and sense of direction while finding the shortest, or the fastest routes through the mazes. Each turn slows you down, so try for a straighter line through, with the least amount of turns. And who knows, maybe you’ll see something like this in the near future…
Andreas Johansson, member at Northeast Ohio Orienteering Club (NEOOC), introduces orienteering with some of the basic stuff you might encounter at your first event.