Orienteering at school for ages 13-15, Chapter 32: CONTROL PICKING ALONG HANDRAIL

CONTROL PICKING ALONG HANDRAIL

Simplify, keep the direction and attack!

We return to Thierry Gueorgiou’s three important messages i.e. make it simple, accurate direction and to find the last safe attack point. The purpose of this exercise is to:

• Ensure the student picks up the height formations and the details that are unique to this area and navigates only with help of these

• Make the student orientate the map to reality at every stop, and also before the student runs forward to the next detail

• Allow the student to chooses an attack point as close to the control as possible and navigate to this before the student finds the control 

Make a stop at five controls!

The best effect of this exercise is that the students will get to work in pairs. One in the pair navigates to the control and the other follows behind. At every control they give each other feedback regarding the navigation.

At these five controls (4, 9, 14, 22 and 28) the students stop to orientate themselves in the environment. Climbing up on the hill or on the boulder and working in pairs. One student points at different objects, while the other student shows what he or she thinks is correct object on the map.

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