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Learn from the best in the World!
The best male orienteer of the World, Thierry Gueorgiou from France, has three simple advices to anyone who wants to learn to orientate. It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or if you compete at the absolute world class level. The same principles apply to anyone who wants to find the controls in a quick, easy and safe way.
1 Make it simple
Schoolyard maps are pretty simple to understand. The further out you come into the wilderness the more complicated details are drawn on the map. Not least the height formations can be very complex. Thierry Gueorgiou claims that he uses the same technology today when he runs the most challenging courses such as the World Cup as he did when he started to learn orienteering. From the “real map” he creates a simplified picture of the map. He picks out the height formations and the details that are unique to this area and orientates with help of these. He draws a new “visual map” in his mind.
2 Accurate direction
Similarly he picks out the unique details of the map to the right and at the same time, he uses the compass to keep the correct direction. Every time he looks at the map as he looks at the compass to check that he is in correct direction towards the next terrain objects. It is even so that he sometimes can put down the map, but he never does so with the compass. It is partly thanks to his ability to use the compass that he runs faster than any other when he orientates.
3 Attack point
The idea of the attack point is to get as close to the control as possible. From the attack point you can locate the control easily, quickly and safely. In this case, the arrow shows a good attack point, while the dotted line shows the fastest track.
