Confident Orienteering

   The Long Route to Print A strange feeling. Today I received the French edition of my second book  "Planning Reliable Routes" . The translation and printed edition were prepared by  Fabrice Lapergue  — huge thanks to him for that. I already had the first book in French — the only printed copy I own so far. And now I’ve received the second one. It’s also in B5 format but about one and a half times heavier — larger in volume, with more pages. It’s a weighty book. Together, the two weigh almost a kilogram. And it feels… strange. Of course, I still need to make the English print edition — the original version. Only then, I think, will the project feel truly complete. The book deserves to exist in print, to stand on a reader’s shelf at home. But those first seconds were very emotional, and even now, more than an hour after unpacking the parcel, I’m still under the impression. I didn’t expect to feel such strong emotions — a mixture of deep fatigue and enormous grat...

CONFIDENT ORIENTEERING A Systematic Approach to Minimising Errors This is a clear and simple navigational approach. And that is exactly why it works. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Let’s look at how much work we actually do during the course. Here are the main tasks: — We plan the route. — We execute technical actions — taking bearings, reading the map. — We check control descriptions. — We constantly monitor where we are. — We choose our running line — around trees, bushes, rocks. — We think about the whole course as a whole and manage our energy. — We get distracted by competitors — both in our class and in others. — Sometimes it becomes direct head-to-head racing to the finish. — We get physically tired. — We get mentally tired. — And all of this happens under pressure to perform . THIS IS A LOT. THIS IS WHY SIMPLICITY MATTERS. In heavy load, complex systems fail. It is like in aviation. Complex electronic systems may work well in normal conditions. But in bad we...