

Outdoors enthusiasts with a serious sense of adventure will want to investigate the sport of orienteering. This pastime tests a personâs ability to navigate using rudimentary maps and a compass. Most orienteering competitions take place in heavily wooded areas, which makes navigation especially challenging. In a few isolated cases, people have become lost for extended periods of time while orienteering; that risk shouldnât prevent people from giving it a try, however.
Depending on the rules of a specific orienteering contest, GPS devices may be brought along in case of emergency. These devices should be charged well ahead of their use in the woods, as every added moment could count. Keep a GPS charger handy, and allow your device to fully charge before packing it for the orienteering session.