{"id":852,"date":"2015-07-25T01:17:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T08:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/?p=852"},"modified":"2015-07-16T10:32:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T17:32:59","slug":"orienteering-a-run-or-walk-in-the-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/featured\/orienteering-a-run-or-walk-in-the-countryside\/","title":{"rendered":"Orienteering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-862\" src=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Big-Map.jpg\" alt=\"Orienteering Map\" width=\"550\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Big-Map.jpg 550w, https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Big-Map-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'>Orienteering is a walk or run that may be competitive and requires participants to read a map and use a compass to find and follow the quickest path from one established point to another in sequence, typically across unfamiliar terrain.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Orienteering offers explorers two things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practice using a map and compass. \u00a0Orienteers are given a map like the one above and must find their way from one control point to the next, not in a straight line, but along the fastest route. \u00a0They must quickly orient their map to magnetic north with their compass and set off to the next control point in the proper direction. \u00a0They also must be able to orient themselves along the way to get to the point as quickly as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Exploring\u00a0the details of a specific area. \u00a0Provided maps are typically 1:10,000 scale (1 cm to 100 meters) and quite detailed. \u00a0First the orienteer becomes familiar with the area as displayed on the map then experiences it first hand along the chosen route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about this fascinating sport, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/?p=2574\">today&#8217;s article in EXPLORE! the eMagazine<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; it&#8217;s a great way to explore!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Please Share<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">#orienteering<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Orienteering offers explorers two things: Practice using a map and compass. \u00a0Orienteers are given a map like the one above and must find their way from one control point to the next, not in a straight line, but along the fastest route. \u00a0They must quickly orient their map to magnetic north with their compass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-adventure","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions\/872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}