Confident Orienteering

Analysis of the terrain for the upcoming competition #1 I found an advertisement online today for an upcoming event "Alaska Orienteering Festival" in Alaska. The event  will take place on the 3rd and 4th of August, 2024. Event's Website The first day will feature a very challenging map called Willow Creek , as presented on the competition website. Here are several key observations about this terrain that I can highlight based on the map analysis: Judging by the photo next to the map on the competition website, visibility in the forest is quite limited for open forest.  The terrain is very gentle, with a relief (it is looks like contour interval 2.5 on this map). However, the main difficulty lies in the fact that the terrain does not provide clear, long navigational lines that can be followed on the leg to more easily keep to the planned direction of travel. In the example below, you can see how short and oriented in different directions the navigational lines of the s

  Diving Deeper #1 There was significant interest in the middle distance at  SOFT ROCK map from the 2024 Pacific Northwest Orienteering Festival , which we shared in our group "Orienteering Technical Trainings. " This event took place on June 28, 2024. The course setter of this event, Boris Granovskiy (pictured below), offered to provide insights about the terrain and the courses. This interview starts of a new series "Diving Deeper" on my blog where I will publish interviews with various orienteers. Thank you, Boris, for agreeing to answer questions about the Soft Rocks map and the courses you've designed.  Boris Granovskiy; (photo by Conrado Escobar). Could you briefly introduce these competitions to our readers? Was this the seventh and final day of the Orienteering Festival ? Sure! This event was the 7 th day of the nine-day 2024 Pacific Northwest Orienteering Festival . The Festival was organized jointly by three clubs in the Northwest United

Meet the Translator of "Confident Orienteering" in Danish   I asked Michael, who translated " Confident Orienteering Book 1:Fundamentals" into Danish, to tell the readers a little about himself. Michael: "Personal Information: Name:   Michael Nygaard Møller Birth: 1968 Orienteering Experience: Running Experience: Participating in orienteering for about 15 years Club Membership: Member of Ballerup Orienteering Club Competition Participation: Enjoys orienteering competitions in Eastern Denmark and participates in night orienteering, forest orienteering, and sprints Activities and Contributions: Book Translation: Recently completed the translation of Confident Orienteering in collaboration with the author, Aleksandr Alekseyonok Game Development: With a background as a software engineer, developed a 3D orienteering game (currently on hold but functional) Headcam Videos: Passionate about headcam videos from orienteering events and developed a program to inte

  Сourse planning #1 I would like to introduce a new rubric where I will evaluate various courses based on the quality of their planning. I believe that such discussions will help someone improve their course planning skills. Yesterday in the group  Orienteering Technical trainings , I asked subscribers to guess the country from this part of the map. Many of you, of course, recognised it as Norway. There were other guesses, though. Let's go into a little more detail.  This is a map from the event on 28 June. a traditional mid-summer multi-day event for the southern regions of Norway.  Sørlandsgaloppen 2024, dag 2 Norway 6/28/2024 According to information on Livelox, these competitions are organised by three clubs: Bø OL, Porsgrunn OL, Skien OK, We can see on the presented map section some rocky ground and boulder clusters. This is unlikely to be typical of the Baltic countries.  However the most important thing is the structure of the terrain with marshes at different levels. Th

 The long-awaited premiere! Just a few minutes ago, sales of my book "Confident Orienteering Book 1" started in Danish.   Michael Nygaard Møller did the translation and prepared the book for publication in PDF format. He also made the book available in EPUB format, which is a great advantage, as readers can zoom in on their devices to see the text and images better.  A presentation of the book, preview versions, reviews and an example EPUB format can be found on this Michael's website  and on Facebook page. Danish - This is the fourth language in which the book has been released (Other languages: English - the original version of the book; French and Ukrainian).  It's only been 9 months since the original book came out!!!  In the coming weeks, I will do a series of posts and introduce  translators of these books in more detail. YOU should to know who did these projects for you!!  the original English version of the book is available here Aleksandr Alekseyonok , June

    Left, Right, or Straight: Leg Analysis #16 leg 2-3 from W21 couuse of Swedish League, #5, long (WRE) We often have to choose from several possible routes on a leg, typically from two. Sitting at the table, we can use a ruler to determine the route accurately, but we are interested in quick calculations that can be performed under race conditions. An approximate order of operations for this leg might be as follows: We make an assessment of the main idea of this leg and a general assessment of the relief. We have a difficult control point (control 3) on a slope. Two possible route choices are immediately obvious, as we need to avoid the big cliff at the start of the leg. Right route: using the main road with a long approach to the control. Left route: taking the trail, which has less extension. The approach to the control is also long but seems easier as it goes from above downwards. Relief assessment: we are descending 50 metres on this leg. The left route has no elevation ga