» More Orienteering News at the World of O frontpage
Pin Punches: An Endangered Species
Tomorrows event at Chobham Common will mean that I have gone a whole year (and 55 events) since I last used pin punching. The graph shows how pin punching has almost died out at events I have run since I first used Emit at an event on 28th June 1995…
Read story | Main page
in Norway. The only upward trend on the manual punching curve was in 2004 when I ran several of the Sydney Summer Series races which still use pencils to write on control cards! The start of the SI take-off was the Scottish 6-Day in 1999, after which most of Great Britain bought SI equipment. The apparent recent rise of Emit has two main causes. It is now used widely in the South Central, so that gives me five to ten races a year. It is also used at various overseas multi-day events I have been to, such as the WOC…
Most popular from Maprunner
WOC Results and Statistics - 2006-00-00 08:00:00
A Great WOC, That`s For Sure - 2006-00-00 08:00:00
WOC+8: Who wants to win the relays? - 2006-00-00 08:00:00
WOC+5: Normal service is restored - 2006-00-00 08:00:00
WOC+7: Jamie Stevenson World Champion TM part… - 2006-00-00 08:00:00
WOC+2: Long Distance Qualification - 2006-00-00 08:00:00
WOC+1: Here we go - 2006-00-00 08:00:00
Most read from Maprunner
Golden Graham (and JD and Jamie) - 2008-07-20 21:37:00
City of London Orienteering Race - 2008-10-16 19:20:00
The Power of World of O - 2006-09-08 21:33:00
Fame at Last - 2007-04-24 23:26:00
Born to Run - 2008-07-12 12:33:00
WOC 2007: Your starter for 10 - 2007-08-16 20:28:00
Pin Punches: An Endangered Species - 2006-10-28 20:31:00
 15.08: Matthias Kyburz Knappe Entscheidungen an der WMEin Sportwissenschaftler hat mir nach der WM geschrieben, dass er es mir nicht zugetraut hätte, das...Read story | Main page  |
 18.08: Judith Wyder Facebook Even after so many years in the mountains... and knowing...Even after so many years in the mountains... and knowing my playground by heart, I still love explor...Read story | Main page |
 18.08: Yannick Michiels Facebook Beste Hans, Dat niet alle media aandacht even positief k...Beste Hans, Dat niet alle media aandacht even positief kan zijn, begrijp ik volkomen. Maar (succesvo...Read story | Main page |
10.08: Yannick Michiels Facebook The World Games Sprint - GOLD 🥇 Incredible day winnin...The World Games Sprint - GOLD 🥇 Incredible day winning the gold medal at the Orienteering Sp...Read story | Main page |
 08.08: Daniel Hubmann Facebook The transition from forest to sprint orienteering hasnâ€...The transition from forest to sprint orienteering hasn‘t been that easy and I was stuggeling a...Read story | Main page |
08.08: Judith Wyder Facebook Take me back to the mountains! There’s nothing I love ...Take me back to the mountains! There’s nothing I love more than discovering new trails and dan...Read story | Main page |
