Orienteering at school for ages 13-15, Chapter 29: SIX PEAKS

SIX PEAKS

Up on top and look around!

It takes a while to learn how hills, pits, ridges and reentrants are drawn on a map. Out in the terrain you can more easily compare the map with reality.
 

360 degrees

Find a number of peaks around the terrain. From the top of the hill scout 360 degrees around. You may see how the terrain ahead shapes itself as the fingers on your hand.

Ridges •   rise up while re-entrants    •    sink into the terrain.

Three things to remember!

A good exercise is that the teacher will take the students to the different hills. The teacher can discuss following issue with the students:

• how to simplify

• how to keep the direction

• how to find a suitable attack point to find the controls safely  

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