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Tips for Night Orienteering1. Night Orienteering Techniques
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2. Tips on Lighting
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3. The Vision Effect
4. Safety Hints
- Your vision at night shrinks down to a small sphere of light. Relocating is much harder at night than during the day.
- You have fewer features to use to help relocate along the way, since you can't see too far away.
- Look for features you can check off that are within the beam of your headlamp.
- When running a bearing, use the "two trees" method, unless you can find a fixed light off in the distance.
- Headlamp light beam will cause glares effect on spectacles. People who wear spectacles wear a short peak cap can have clearer vision for map reading.
4. Safety Hints
- Each runner shall have his/her own lighting and compass, whistle.
- Pick safer routes with large, obvious features such as hilltops and path.
- Wear eyes protector and wear cap prevent scratches on face by small tree branches. Careful of tripping by tree branches on ground.
- If you feel get lost, slow down or stop to really think about it. Don't lost contact with the map!
- Avoid pointing light beam direct to other people eyes when using high energy LED lighting. This may cause temporary blindness and consequential accident.