What are the equipment used in orienteering?
Compass are used primarily to assist the orienteer to navigate around the course and to provide a reading of Magnetic North for map orientation.
- Traditional Orienteering Compass.
- Thumb Compass.
- Footwear.
- Leg Protection.
- O’suits as they are known, are made from lightweight, breathable nylon or lycra.
- Sportident Timing System.
What is cross-country orienteering?
Classic: A classic competition, otherwise called cross-country orienteering, is a race where runners must find a number of checkpoints in a specific order before reaching the finish line. The winner is the person or team who completes the course fastest.
What is Sprint orienteering?
Sprint orienteering is about thinking and racing hard simultaneously, focusing on quick decision making. These events mainly take place in urban areas such as campuses and parks.
What is Relay orienteering?
Relay. A relay race is run by a team of competitors each running a course, and the result is based on the team’s total time. Relays usually employ a mass start instead of a staggered start. Relays are part of World Orienteering Championships both as sprint relays and as cross-country relays.
How should I dress for orienteering?
You don’t need to purchase any equipment to Orienteer at your first meet. Just wear long pants and comfortable walking or running shoes and you’ll do fine. You might also want to bring a snack, some dry clothes, and of course your registration fee.
What is control card in orienteering?
The control card is marked by some means at each control point to show that the competitor has completed the course correctly. In both trail orienteering and North American style mounted orienteering, it may not be feasible, safe, or permitted for the competitor to go to the control point itself.
What are the four basic orienteering skills?
Basic Orienteering Skills
- Folding the map.
- Thumbing the map.
- Orientating the map to north (with ground or compass)
- Reading features on the map.
- Taking a compass bearing.
- Following a compass bearing.
- Pacing.
- Judging Distance.
What is the difference between navigation and orienteering?
Land navigation is making your way across the land, using various tools (map, compass, sun). Orienteering is a cross-country race in which participants navigate between checkpoints along a specified course (unfamiliar course, generally) using map and compass.
What is a control card in orienteering?
What Colour are orienteering controls?
On an orienteering map the following colours are typically used: Black is used for manmade features such as buildings and paths. Brown shows landforms such as contours and ditches. Blue shows water features such as ponds and streams.
What are orienteering markers?
A control point (CP, also control and checkpoint) is a marked waypoint used in orienteering and related sports such as rogaining and adventure racing. It is located in the competition area; marked both on an orienteering map and in the terrain, and described on a control description sheet.