Each team gets a map showing the location of orange and white orienteering
flags that are hidden in the woods.
Your mission is to figure out the best routes and the best strategy
to find the flags as fast as possible.
Each flag has a hole punch so that you can verify that you found it
by punching your scorecard.
A Scout finds Flag # 10 in summer 2004.
This is NOT a mreit badge class
It's COMPETITION! And you have to beat the ADULTS, too!
A Scout from Troop 43, Fort Worth, Texas, finds a falg in a dry streambed
in 2004.
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Hike and compete in the woods as you learn European Sport Orienteering.
It’s a thinking sport - solving puzzles in the woods! This ain’t
Orienteering Merit Badge folks! You’ll hone your map reading
skills as you choose the best routes to find the orienteering flags
that are hidden in the woods. The flags are marked by circles on a
color map. Plan your strategy to score the most points! This is a
competition outpost!
Orienteering is a fun and exciting challenge for any crew - especially
Out-of-Council crews who have not had a chance to attend one of our
big orienteering competitions. Once you arrive you’ll cook your
own supper and then it is time for some orienteering fun! You’ll
do a “Score-O” competition, for teams of 4-6 racers, and
some head-to-head challenges for individuals and teams of 2.
NOTE: the Longhorn Council’s annual SCORE-O competition hosts
over 2000 Scout and adult competitors every year and was featured
in the September 2001 issue of Scouting Magazine. The new Orienteering
Merit Badge book has a full color Longhorn Council Orienteering map
inside.
Your crew needs compasses and several watches. Everyone needs canteens
or water bottles. The section of camp we are using is scenic and rugged
with heavy forest, open prairie, some thick vegetation, and lots of
rocks! Be sure to bring long pants and good shoes or boots.
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Click here to see our big Orienteering Events:
Score-O
Spring O-Meet
Camps
and High Adventure 2008 (1.4 MB pdf)
Chisholm
Trail Adventure section (650 KB)
Click
here to request our Texas
High Adventure Video CD by U.S. Mail: camping@longhorn.org
If
you have high speed internet, you can download the video. It's
a BIG 106
Megabyte file.
Download
Texas High Adventure Base and Summer Camp Video - 106 MB
The CD has detailed info in addition to the video.
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