Orienteering

Before doing orienteering you need some equipment. You will need to wear warm clothes like a jumper, thick trousers, a hat and a pair of gloves in case you get cold. You must have a map to tell you where the stations are and so you don't get lost. You also need a piece of paper with boxes on it so when you get to the right station you punch holes in it that make a special pattern. The instructor will give you the map and the paper.
The instructor will teach you how to use the map properly by using the key and orientating it. Orientating the map is when you turn the map the right way.
There are two parts to the orienteering. For the first one you got into small groups of two or three. You take a piece of paper with ten station numbers on it. Take a map with one of the stations on it. You go and find the right station, punch the holes in it, take it back, get it checked and take another one.


Amy Taylor
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