Orienteering lesson #2 - "Contouring" - Following the contour lines on the map

Welcome to the AMOK Orienteering School.
Lesson #2 is on "contouring" - following the landscape without gaining or loosing height - or simply following the contours on the map.
In todays course the runner is challenged with a short leg between two controls where it's too steep to run in a direct line. There are also very few hand rails that can guide along the way.
But the two controls are at the same level, so by following the landscape we can get some certainty, that we'll find the control - without running both up and down.
This is the second lesson in a series of short videos which will teach you how to find your way through forests or cities using map and compass. Our videos are not theoretical lessons. Instead we use short clips from actual events which can teach you what to do - or absolutely not to do.
If you follow this channel or Amager Orienteering Klub (AMOK) on Facebook, we'll keep you posted when the next lesson is ready.
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Ernst Poulsen

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Second hint: If you start later in the competition and there are fresh leaves on the ground there is a chance there will be a fresh path to lead you to the control. Not illegal, not unethical. It's just something the course setter did not account for when setting the courses. Solution: Put more contols in the area, even i some are 'dummies'.

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At this event we had a mass-start and as far as I remember this was the second last control where course and runners met again.
And true: Orienteering does include a bit of looking for clues, like "trails" in leaves, grass or ferns - and especially for footsteps in case there's snow on the ground. Sometimes you'll get help because another runner is just leaving a control. But often those clues may be misleading, so often it's better to focus on reading the map.
In this video the main focus was on learning the technical aspect of following curves as a handrail.