What is Orienteering

Directional cross-country is a kind of outdoor sports. It can only use maps, compass or other navigation tools. It needs to reach the designated place in a very short time. Whoever arrives first will win. Orienteering is a competitive sport, which tests the intelligence and physical strength of players. Other equipment is not required, only maps and North needles are required, so it is also an economic sport. Orienteering is also a kind of personal experience sport. Both on-site viewing and TV communication are subject to many restrictions. Therefore, in addition to personal experience, it is difficult for others to experience the challenges, excitement and fun.

Orienteering is actually a very healthy intelligent sports event, which emphasizes both intelligence and physical strength. It can improve people’s physical qualities such as speed, endurance, flexibility, strength and sensitivity, and learn outdoor survival skills, improve their ability to determine directions in the wild and learn to use maps. It can also improve the adaptability to strange environments, the ability to quickly identify directions, and the judgment to choose the best path, which is the charm of orienteering.

Orienteering originated in Sweden and was only a military sport at first. Because Orienteering does not need to pay a lot of money for venues and equipment like other sports, and it is both entertaining and practical, it is increasingly valued by the army and quickly spread among the people. Since the late 1980s, there have been some Orienteering open competitions in China. With the concept of national fitness becoming more and more popular, more and more people love this sport. In fact, the threshold of orienteering is not high. You can take outdoor equipment and master some knowledge of wild survival to participate.

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