ORIENTEERING REFLETION

What is Orienteering?

What is Orienteering?

 According to Heather Williams Orienteering is a sport in which orienteers use an accurate, detailed map and a compass to find points in the landscape. It can be enjoyed as a walk in the woods or as a competitive sport.

A standard orienteering course consists of a start, a series of control sites that are marked by circles, connected by lines and numbered in the order they are to be visited, and a finish. The control site circles are centered around the feature that is to be found; this feature is also defined by control descriptions (sometimes called clues). On the ground, a control flag marks the location that the orienteer must visit.

To verify a visit, the orienteer uses a punch hanging next to the flag to mark his or her control card. Different punches make different patterns of holes in the paper.

The route between "controls" (refers to the flag or the site) is not specified, and is entirely up to the orienteer; this element of route choice and the ability to navigate through the forest are the essence of orienteering.

Most orienteering events use staggered starts to ensure that each orienteer has a chance to do his or her own navigating, but there are several other popular formats, including relays and events in which the orienteer must find as many controls as possible within a specified time.

1)    Why was the orienteering useful to me?

     Orienteering was a very usefully skill to acquire . This knowledge will enable me to find direction using a campus. Am now able to find my way anywhere  ,only by using some  bearing.

2) How does the outdoor activity contribute to my personal development?

This outdoor activity ,has help me understand more about Malaysian beautiful landscape by connecting more with the fauna  and flora .

3)What were the problems encountered in completing the activity? (e.g. timing, communicating with members, etc.)

When we started the activity, no one knew how to use a campus to find the direction. But we worked as a team to allocate different task to be able to finish the task given. We had communication skill everyone was attentive to any details given by the team leader. The only issue came about, when the different cheek point were mixed up by another team making everyone confused during the activities.

4)How did I overcome the problems?

We overcome this problem by being able to communicate as a group and not rushing to make decision or action withought having a common understanding. I believe that communication is the key successes to complete such activities.

      5) Does my involvement in outdoor adventure output have social value? Explain

    I have learned to listen to specific information and guideline. To be punctual when  respect other people opinions. My communication skills have greatly improved as well. We all gained leadership attribute during this activity.