Walking Through the Wild Wood (Orienteering)

Hi Vamsi,
You said you were ready for the Sunday trip. I need to let you know what to expect on this Sunday trip. It's probably unlike anything you've every done or even imagined.

The sport of orienteering is from Norway and Sweden and it is very popular in Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech and Slovakia etc.) It involves using a very detailed topographic map to find places way out in the forest far away from any trails or people. This is a small local event (maybe 100-125 people) and there will be 6 different courses from short beginner courses to long hard advanced courses. I'll teach you what to do and take you on an appropriate level course. However, I do want you to know that we will be wondering through the forest, it will be cool (cold by your standards), wet, muddy with cob webs, logs and thick brush and if we are lucky some deer. There will times you will feel lost and bewildered and wondering why are we doing this but you will be perfectly safe with me and I think you will have a fun adventure but it be a very different experience for you.
Vamsi - If this sounds too strange and unusual, you do not have to do it! You will need to have clothes & shoes that can get dirty and wet. I will pick you up about 10:45 in the morning. We might meet some of my students at DSA at 11:00. We'll be back around 3:00. We will be going to Um stead State Park (about half way to Raleigh). It is a typical American state park -forested with trails for hiking, biking and jogging. We will be at a camp with small cottages that are used by groups during the summer - very rustic place and typical of American state parks.
Well, Let me know if this is what you want to do for a Sunday trip.
What you need:
1. An e-stick
2. Old clothes you can wear in the forest - long pant & long sleeves will reduce scratches
3. Warm, DRY clothes and extra shoes if it is wet -HA! HA!.
4. INSECT REPELLENT - despite the cool weather, ticks and chiggers are likely to be a major problems - be prepared!!!!
4. A lunch / snacks and drinks - no place to buy anything.
5. A sense of adventure, a desire to have fun and a smile. I will have compasses and some of those e -sticks.
Micheal

A magnet, a map and the wood. Letz navigate.

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