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Hi everyone, welcome to KTV. On today's show we're going to go with Mike and learn how to help whales in distress
and this will take us behind the counter of a dry cleaning store.
But to open today's show, Alison has a story on orienteering.
Orienteering is a sport that the whole family can enjoy. I guess it's a cross between cross country running and bush walking.
Orienteers use maps, they read compasses and punch cards at checkpoints.
It's called the thought sport and for those who don't get lost, and that doesn't happen very often, it can be a lot of fun.
Mind you, those who take it seriously, there's no beating around the bush.
If you're the sort of person who likes to have fun going from point A to point B, I might have just the sport for you.
You need to be able to find your way around in the bush, watch out for obstacles and try and beat the clock at the same time.
Well, it's sports orienteering and it's a novel form of bush navigation. Let's find out some more.
Well Howard, tell me a little bit about the sport of orienteering. What goes on behind an event and what sort of things do you need to do?
Well, the event is held in bushland similar to the areas that we're in now.
And a group or an individual tries to navigate himself around the bush, around a pre-set course, around a number of controls that have been set out in the bush for him.
He has to find the controls and punch a punch card and when he's gone all the way around the course reports to the finish.
All he's got is the map and his compass and what he's got in his head that helps him to find his way around in the bush.
So you've got to keep your wits about you when you're chugging along. I mean, not only do you have to be fit and look out for obstacles, but you've got to know where you are.
That's right. You've got to all the time watch the map, map read in the broadest sense of the word and know where you are at all times.
And although you have to be able to run hard and you have to be fit or be able to walk hard, you must always concentrate on the map.
And orienteering is a sport that really seems to have captured the imagination lately. How long has it been going and where is it most popular?
Well, it's been in Australia since about 1969, 1970. It was introduced on the mainland, but worldwide it's certainly been practiced in Scandinavian countries since the late 1920s when it was introduced by an army officer.
It had been used previously for army type training, but was then introduced to the general public.
Well, tell me a bit about the gear that you wear, Howard. Well, I'm wearing the full competition orienteering suit that consists of a long sleeve top made of a very light material that breathes while you're running through the bush.
It's loose open necked. I'm wearing a t-shirt underneath as well that tends to soak up perspiration.
I've got a headband on as well, a tailing headband. I find that I need this because when I'm running, I've got a lot of perspiration running down. If it gets in my eyes, I can't see the map properly.
I've also got a very light pair of trousers made from the same material as the top to give me full leg covering because that's important in the bush. You can cut your legs very easily.
I've also got a pair of lightweight gaiters on that have got a stiff piece down the front that stops me bruising my shin bone, which is quite possible, particularly if there's a lot of timber in the bush.
And on my feet, I've just got ordinary sneakers, although some people will wear, particularly in muddy country, will wear a studded shoe.
Well, Colin is wearing the sort of equipment that anybody has got at home and can turn up to an orienteering event in.
He's just got a light cotton top or a t-shirt and a pair of, he's got tracksuit trousers, but a pair of jeans, a pair of old jeans is perfectly OK.
And he's got his old sneakers on and just a pair of socks. So he's very well equipped for novice orienteering.
Well, an orienteering map's rather a special thing, isn't it?
They're certainly produced very carefully just for orienteering, although we do use the generally available maps to start with.
But then we do some very detailed mapping afterwards.
The contours show us the steepness of the land in any particular area.
This map is drawn to us.