Skills and Techniques
- Orient your map – ESSENTIAL SKILL
- Fold and thumb – ESSENTIAL SKILL
- C.A.R – intermediate skill
- First Compass Lesson
- Taking a Safety Bearing with a compass
- How to use SPORTident electronic timing
- FREE Reference Guides including Control Descriptions, Legends etc. courtesy of the Canadian O-Store (bottom of page)
Orient your mapTurn your map so that it matches the terrain. Illustration |
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Fold and thumbFold your (oriented) map parallel with the direction of travel, about 4-5 cm away. Move your thumb to where you have gotten to . Keep moving your thumb as you reach each other known place. This way, you can look around you and then instantly return to your place on the map. Illustration |
C.A.R This stands for Control, Attack point, Route. First, identify the control you are going to (eg knoll, control code #324) Then find an attack point. This is a larger, easier to find feature fairly close to the control – perhaps a spur or a large depression. Then decide on your route to the attack point – in a straight line? a longer route using some trails? Once you have found the attack point it should be easy to find the control. |
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work in progress – more to come.