Confident Orienteering

Bearing Sections: More Than Just a Line Lately, I haven’t had much free time to analyse courses and legs in detail. I’ve been fully immersed in finishing  Confident Orienteering  Book 2 , the continuation of the Practical Guide "Confident Orienteering" , and I want to make sure it’s done to a high standard and on schedule (October 2025). But I’m sure there will be more in-depth analyses here once I wrap up work on the Practical Guide  "Confident Orienteering" project. Right now, I’m in the middle of making adjustments based on feedback from test readers. At the very start of Chapter 5 (one of 9 chapters in this book), “Planning Bearing Sections” , I received a comment from Klas Karlsson: “This is a good chapter, I like it! Good examples as well. Not many comments from my side :)” My response? “I’m really happy about it.” Why? Because bearing sections can be approached in very different ways, and in this chapter I’ve tried to explain how I see these options. I’v...

  Two new o-books are coming this fall! Confident Orienteering: A Systematic Approach to Minimising Errors Book 1: Fundamentals was released in October 2023 and has already been translated into 7 languages , alongside the original English version. It had 8 chapters and 140 pages , and I’m still amazed at how warmly it was received by orienteers all over the world. 🌍 As we continued working on the next part of this complete practical guide , it became clear the project had grown into something massive — not least because of the huge number of examples and illustrations included throughout (they are about 250). At this stage, we’re leaning towards splitting the material into two logical volumes to make it easier for readers to absorb step by step. This isn’t a final decision yet, and even the titles below are working titles – but right now, this feels like the most reader-friendly approach: 📖 Book 2 (working title): Planning Reliable Routes – how to design routes that accoun...