Orienteering Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
group of sports that requires navigational skills
About Orienteering
The orienteering skills needed whilehikingdiffer substantially from those needed in usual orienteering competitions. What you learn at any orienteering club or orienteering event is certainly useful, but you should also train orienteering in a hiking context and get some advice specific for hiking in terrain resembling that which is ahead, before going for demandingwilderness backpacking. The biggest difference between typical competitive orienteering and wilderness orienteering is the quality of maps and the distances. In the wilderness you will – to a much bigger extent – have to infer the characteristics of any terrain from hints on the map. You will also have to decide where minor streams can be crossed, where to find good water and where to put your tent, in addition to choosing a goo
Orienteering Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 7 sections including: