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Orienteering

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Created by Shane10 > 9 months ago, 3 May 2012
Shane10
QLD, 102 posts
4 May 2012 12:39AM
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Any do it? To be honest I've always thought it was for the oldies but I reckon you could get some wicked events going. Mountain biking, paddle, climb etc

Would be very interested to see a more physical version of it if its around? (No not tackling people mid race )

Mark _australia
WA, 23717 posts
3 May 2012 10:43PM
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Yeah I've been doing the normal 15km run type orienteering for a while now and it is a bit easy

NOT

DUDE
NSW, 1132 posts
4 May 2012 12:47AM
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Mark _australia said...

Yeah I've been doing the normal 15km run type orienteering for a while now and it is a bit easy

NOT




That finger in your nose and eye would make it a hard sport for you to do Mark..

Mark _australia
WA, 23717 posts
3 May 2012 10:49PM
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DUDE said...

Mark _australia said...

Yeah I've been doing the normal 15km run type orienteering for a while now and it is a bit easy

NOT




That finger in your nose and eye would make it a hard sport for you to do Mark..



Not as hard as the A-grade world knitting championships and I excelled there.
We were actually thinking of throwing in a bit of compass work also

DUDE
NSW, 1132 posts
4 May 2012 12:49AM
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Rudebeef said...

Any do it? To be honest I've always thought it was for the oldies but I reckon you could get some wicked events going. Mountain biking, paddle, climb etc

Would be very interested to see a more physical version of it if its around? (No not tackling people mid race )


Does running from the cops on a Friday night after a night on the piss at the pub,
count as Orienteering???

Poodle
WA, 868 posts
3 May 2012 11:46PM
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GPS & geocacheing has put cunning running back with the Biathlon. I fondly remember doing it back in the 70's in Lane Cove River park - Having found an obscure mark, one of our team would sit on it - When the othe plonkers showed up looking for it, we would say "we can't find it either...."

Poods

youngbull
QLD, 826 posts
4 May 2012 5:40AM
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I say if it's done with a bombed out 4wd, driving like your on steriods and your car is treated like a women with rabbies then orientating around a course full of deep ruts and insane hill climbs is hell fun.

If it ain't got an engine it ain't fun, O and wind is a form of an engine.


For all you punchuation and grammer specialist ------ bite me......

gibberjoe
SA, 956 posts
4 May 2012 8:56AM
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^^^^^ OH YES!!!!< your hearts "The" engine....idiot.......[}:)]

nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
4 May 2012 7:45AM
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I've been mountain bike orienteering, wicked fun, had the best time (and was soundly beaten by the oldies )

Stuthepirate
SA, 3591 posts
4 May 2012 10:39AM
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DUDE said...
Does running from the cops on a Friday night after a night on the piss at the pub,
count as Orienteering???



Thats called disorienteering

pepe47
WA, 1382 posts
4 May 2012 9:25AM
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I recall representing the Army in inter-service orienteering, seems that both the Air farce and Navy could read maps better than the Army, Doh!

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
4 May 2012 12:07PM
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pepe47 said...

I recall representing the Army in inter-service orienteering, seems that both the Air farce and Navy could read maps better than the Army, Doh!


Have done SAR/mapping & Nav training with SES, great fun albeit for a serious reason. Air force had a team join in...Army do their own I guess.

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
4 May 2012 1:58PM
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Rudebeef said...

Any do it? To be honest I've always thought it was for the oldies but I reckon you could get some wicked events going. Mountain biking, paddle, climb etc

Would be very interested to see a more physical version of it if its around? (No not tackling people mid race )


My Mum was in the World championships... she used to go all over the world...until her knees started playing up, and then illness.

She was always really good at reading maps.

dinsdale
WA, 1227 posts
4 May 2012 2:09PM
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There's a bunch called the hash house harriers who did exactly what you're describing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers
www.hhh.asn.au/

The Constitution of the Hash House Harriers is recorded on a club registration card dated 1950:
* To promote physical fitness among our members
* To get rid of weekend hangovers
* To acquire a good thirst and to satisfy it in beer
* To persuade the older members that they are not as old as they feel

Members often describe their group as "a drinking club with a running problem,"

sn
WA, 2775 posts
4 May 2012 3:40PM
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the HHH fellas I knew didnt need to worry about hangovers...........

stephen

stuk
NSW, 894 posts
4 May 2012 5:52PM
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FlySurfer said...

Rudebeef said...

Any do it? To be honest I've always thought it was for the oldies but I reckon you could get some wicked events going. Mountain biking, paddle, climb etc

Would be very interested to see a more physical version of it if its around? (No not tackling people mid race )


My Mum was in the World championships... she used to go all over the world...until her knees started playing up, and then illness.

She was always really good at reading maps.


Did she turn them upside down to read them, seems to work for my wife

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
4 May 2012 10:20PM
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stuk said...
Did she turn them upside down to read them, seems to work for my wife


No she was good regardless of orientation... first woman I asked to read a map, didn't even know what it was... so I married her; 13 years on still going strong.



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