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Sunday, September 18, 2005 National Orienteering Day
Sunday, September 18, 2005 National Orienteering Day
If you are into the great outdoors, hiking and want to try something new, join in:
Sunday, September 18, 2005 National Orienteering Day
Lake Accotink Registration from 12 till 2 pm.
The park is under the Fairfax County Park Authority. Address is Lake Accotink Park, 7500 Accotink Park Road, Springfield, Virginia 22151. Telephone is 703-569-3464.
(Meet Director: Cliff Hamal: [email protected] ; Course Setter: Sidney Sachs)
Map is expanded to include the area east of the dam. Follow the orange and white signs to starting area from both the lower and upper parking lots. E-punching available on advance courses.
Quantico Orienteering Website: qoc.nova.org
(click on events schedule, scroll to this event posting and another link is posted there for more information).
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*WHAT IS ORIENTEERING?:
In orienteering you use a map and compass to find your way across unfamiliar terrain. In a typical event, the organizer places orange and white control markers at various land features found on your map. These markers act as checkpoints along the course. The object of the sport is to use the map and compass to locate the control markers and return to the finish. Using your imagination and navigational skills, you try to select the best route to each control. Once there, you punch a score card which verifies that you found the control. There are many versions of orienteering (on foot, bicycle, or skis; at night; in relays, and so forth), but the idea is essentially the same: the use of a map and compass to find your way across unfamiliar terrain.
(Text courtesy of NEOC Times.)
Furthermore, most orienteering events are in some way, shape or form a competition (for those inclined). A measure of success is commonly given by time taken to complete a given course or by the number of control flags found during a specific time allotment. A ranking of competitors (including a winner) usually follows. Competition can range from trying to do better than fellows from your club, to elite level where competitors are running and navigating faster than most people can run on a flat road. It's all up to you as to what you want from the sport.
If you are into the great outdoors, hiking and want to try something new, join in:
Sunday, September 18, 2005 National Orienteering Day
Lake Accotink Registration from 12 till 2 pm.
The park is under the Fairfax County Park Authority. Address is Lake Accotink Park, 7500 Accotink Park Road, Springfield, Virginia 22151. Telephone is 703-569-3464.
(Meet Director: Cliff Hamal: [email protected] ; Course Setter: Sidney Sachs)
Map is expanded to include the area east of the dam. Follow the orange and white signs to starting area from both the lower and upper parking lots. E-punching available on advance courses.
Quantico Orienteering Website: qoc.nova.org
(click on events schedule, scroll to this event posting and another link is posted there for more information).
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*WHAT IS ORIENTEERING?:
In orienteering you use a map and compass to find your way across unfamiliar terrain. In a typical event, the organizer places orange and white control markers at various land features found on your map. These markers act as checkpoints along the course. The object of the sport is to use the map and compass to locate the control markers and return to the finish. Using your imagination and navigational skills, you try to select the best route to each control. Once there, you punch a score card which verifies that you found the control. There are many versions of orienteering (on foot, bicycle, or skis; at night; in relays, and so forth), but the idea is essentially the same: the use of a map and compass to find your way across unfamiliar terrain.
(Text courtesy of NEOC Times.)
Furthermore, most orienteering events are in some way, shape or form a competition (for those inclined). A measure of success is commonly given by time taken to complete a given course or by the number of control flags found during a specific time allotment. A ranking of competitors (including a winner) usually follows. Competition can range from trying to do better than fellows from your club, to elite level where competitors are running and navigating faster than most people can run on a flat road. It's all up to you as to what you want from the sport.