Confident Orienteering

Route choice at Control 1 On Control 1, we frequently have to choose between a direct but more challenging route and a longer but more reliable one.  A lack of familiarity with the terrain and a natural desire to avoid risk often incline us to opt for the longer route. This choice becomes even easier to accept on long-distance courses where the pace is not so aggressive from the start. The leg we are discussing comes from a Croatia,  Event:  Broč Orienteering Championship 2nd stage,  Organising club - OK Maksimir. Middle distance, W21E.  https://www.livelox.com/Viewer/Broc-Orienteering-Championship-2nd-stage/W21E?classId=858277&tab=player   Here, the "white forest" and the considerable size of the control feature provide strong arguments for taking the direct route. When uncertain about which route to choose, I find it helpful to identify a point  on the begining of  longer route from which I definitely will take longer one. I then estimate the time required to cover t

 One Year of "Confident Orienteering" A few days ago marked one year since I released my first book on orienteering in digital format. “Confident Orienteering: A Systematic Approach to Minimising Errors. Book 1: Fundamentals” dives into why mistakes happen in orienteering and provides strategies to avoid them.  The upcoming Book 2— Routes Planning and Execution —will focus on putting these strategies into action in real-life scenarios. Though we initially aimed to release it in 2024, it will now be ready by mid-2025 at the earliest. Progress is steady, and the same great team from Book 1 is still with me. We’ve completed about 70% of the text, but we still have a lot of work on illustrations, with over 300 examples planned. I’ll soon share a separate post about the amazing people contributing to this project, as well as one about Book 1 translations, highlighting the fantastic translators who made the book available in other languages. For now, I have two updates to share