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Confident Orienteering Book 2: Planning Reliable Routes

 New Release:
Confident Orienteering Book 2: Planning Reliable Routes 
by Aleksandr Alekseyonok

A systematic guide to more confident navigation in orienteering

We’re excited to announce the release of Book 2 in the Confident Orienteering series, a practical navigation guide designed to help orienteers plan more reliable and effective routes.

Whether you're an intermediate athlete, an elite competitor, or a coach, this book offers a clear, structured approach to route planning — with the goal of reducing mistakes and improving performance.

What’s inside:
✅ A complete methodology for dividing legs into linear and bearing sections
✅ Step-by-step guidance on evaluating route choices
✅ Detailed planning for control approaches
✅ Real-world examples and illustrations
✅ Tips for adapting your navigation under pressure

Why it works:
This book is built on the idea that better planning leads to fewer errors and greater confidence on the course.  Now available in English for the first time, the translation was shaped by a team of native English-speaking orienteers to ensure clarity, fluency, and technical accuracy.

Confident Orienteering is a three-part series:

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