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Orienteering
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orienteering
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One way you can tell if you are walking in the correct direction while orienteering is
Stop, turn around, and shoot your reverse bearing.
Just keep walking in the direction where your arrow points.
Trust your feelings and instincts.
Count your paces.
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The compass is a magnetic instrument which allows us to determine the direction of travel...
in relation to West
in relation to South.
in relation to North.
in relation to East.
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Which skills are needed in orienteering?
Map reading
All of these
Pace counting
Compass use
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Your 100ft pace count is 50 steps. How many steps would you need to walk to get to 400ft?
400
100
50
200
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Ways to get your bearings without a compass...
By the sun
By signs
By the face
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What3words?
Street address doesn't always point to precise location.
It’s easy to find and share any location with just three words.
Random words are assigned to each square and will always stay the same.
what3words has given every 3m square in the world a unique 3 word address.
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Once I have set my bearing, I only follow the…
Direction of travel marking
Compass needle (North)
Side of the compass
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I don't have to keep an eye on my surroundings when reading a map.
False
True
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What are contour lines?
Imaginary lines that link all the points at the different altitude
Imaginary lines that link the points at the same altitude.
Imaginary lines that mark points of equal elevation on a map.
