What should we pay attention to in outdoor Orienteering

Orienteering is the use of a detailed and accurate map and a compass, in order to visit the points indicated on the map, the shortest time to reach all the points of the winner. Orienteering is usually carried out in forests, suburbs and city parks, and sometimes on university campuses. A standard directional route includes a starting point, a terminal point and a series of landmarks. These dots have been marked in Arabic numerals on the map. The fun of individual orienteering is to try something that has never been tried.

Orienteering is a dual sport combining intelligence and physical strength. In order to become an excellent orienteer, besides physical strength, good operational ability, planning, sense of space, sense of direction and other intellectual factors are very important.

In addition, because orienteering is usually carried out in sunny weather and high temperature, we need to pay attention to the following problems when we participate in outdoor sports

(1) Sun protection. Especially at noon, the temperature is high, the ultraviolet light in the sun is particularly strong, and the skin is exposed to the hot sun for a long time, which will cause burns and heatstroke. Take sun hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, towel and some sunstroke medicine as far as possible to participate in orientation activities.

(2) Drinking water. Orienteering sweating, we must supplement water in time, but if the way of drinking water is not right, it will lead to adverse consequences. When drinking water should pay attention to a small number of times, each time only drink a few mouthfuls of water.

(3) Clothes. Orienteering sweating a lot, clothes soon wet, many people arrive at the destination, often let the clothes wet, trying to rely on their own body temperature to dry clothes. This can easily lead to diseases such as rheumatism or arthritis. Therefore, before taking part in the activities, it's better to take a set of dry clothes (especially a coat) and a coat in the backpack, and change the wet clothes immediately after arriving at the destination.