What is Orienteering?
• Orienteering is a challenging outdoor activity using a COMPASS and a detailed TOPOGRAPHIC MAP to through a series of checkpoints called CONTROLS as quickly as you can.
• IT IS A RACE!!!!
• It is extremely popular around the world
History of Orienteering
• Orienteering is a competitive sport that originated as a military activity in Scandinavia in the early 1900’s
History of Orienteering
• 1919- Major ERNST KILLANDER of Sweden devised a cross-country competition where runners not only ran a course but had to choose there own routes using a map and compass.
• Considered the Father of Orienteering
History of Orienteering1941-1943- Orienteering events were held at Dartmouth College- **First events in Uniited States.
1961- The International Orienteering Federation was formed
1966- The US Military Academy at West Point began intramural orienteering competitions.
1988- Orienteering was recognized by Olympic Committee as a Class C sport
Currently there are over 60 major Orienteering clubs in the United States
Orienteering Terms
• Topographic Map - Map showing natural and/or physical features of a landscape, including altitude contours. Also called contour map.
Orienteering Terms
• Control Point – It is a marker you must find while navigating any course utilizing a map and compass
Magnetic North
• The northerly direction in the earth's magnetic field indicated by the north-seeking pole of a compass needle.
Terrain
• Vertical and horizontal dimension of land surface
Parts of a Compass
Orienteering for Competition• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZOI9kKuA4I&feature=player_de
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Orienteering here at NP High School
• Due to the fact that we do not have maps of our school grounds we will be doing a modified form of orienteering called “Fixed Point Orienteering”
• We will teach you how to read a compass• We will teach you how to pace• We wil teach you how to do a triangle walk• We will have you navigate for time 5 different
fixed point courses using different controls