from 1993 that was expected to come to this race, and every year I re-proposed the trip to Sweden, but always with negative results. Much envied those who were telling me their stories: many orienteers, supermarket equipment CO, huge parking, maps and land stimulants, opponents of another level ... etc.
Well, it all came true this week! In this post I will not tell my races, because they are one of the many strangers who turn into the woods with a card and little can be said in "ranking". 
I want to tell what this race to those who have never been in the eye and has only some experience multidays by small numbers.
First, this event is run by a real company that takes care of the logistics, registrations this year were over the 11 000 and is an even number too big. In fact, on other occasions it has reached peaks of 20 000 participants and scores below 10 thousand members tend to say that "things have gone wrong!"
I have to admit that
ages, races at the meeting, these people do not notice: the fact that the departures are spread over 5-6 hours and that the guidelines are in the woods, those who wait on board finish are quite a few , is very different, however, the comings and goings of people: those who start early, turn away those who still face crossing the forest, which in turn cross the last to leave in short: it seems to be in the middle of a road in a market day!
The same scene is repeated, for hours on end in the hall: there are at least a dozen parallel rows determine the finish for each category, each category is associated with a sponsor and it is through it that are determined
different start and finish, in this large canyon for hours, there's people of all ages that drive as if victory was at hand.
Around the goal, as well as a vast expanse of backpacks, tents, flags, there are a number of important dimensions of the stand, passing the containers of the speaker (here is a radio frequency that broadcasts live), the tent with the PC on the network to see the results live, with a mini-orienteering for emergencies, the area massages, a huge kindergarten where children are numbered with a harness .... In this regard, I noticed that instead of playing them, the leaders taught their chores and for this I was astonished to see children with hammer and nails!
The area showers and bathrooms are huge because most of the participants are accustomed to taking a shower outdoors regardless of weather and there will be booths for food though the menu is not your typical Italian.
The competition center is a small town: it seems to be a fair, not only because it sells everything here, but because people wandering back and forth looking for gadgets or questions related to the event. The town of Orebro
was invaded by the people oriented; the first day there was a sprint to the center and it was done the traditional parade, honestly, you do not see many other reports on the event despite the restaurants and hotels have increased their seats .
recounted the logistical side of the woods and wanted to talk about the cards: it will also be true that happened in the year when Simone Luder said: "This forest is the most technical of Sweden, but the ground is fantastic! long after I went back to true guidance,
one where you can not distract a moment because if you lose concentration you have a mistake borne of minutes, and I speak not only for me, because I noticed a split sample passes from the first ten places in the last ten ... How
said Remus, fair play should not ask anything from others, but here I saw people in trouble (I, for one) that if he had not asked their position would be running again now. The fact is that the terrain is very flat, but at times also very detailed and everything looks like the only help T are scattered on the paper. The maps are very precise but you should understand immediately what is being mapped and what colors are used, the substrate is very soft because it is the moss that dominates these lands. For
culinary lovers, mark the large amount of berries and mushrooms frequent areas, the landscape is really nice: it goes from rocky hills to flat expanses of pine and clean with wide visibility, marshes, thanks to the drought in recent weeks, are viable and help much at sea. Of course here you have to travel with the compass for many years, I have done without but on this occasion I had to do a crash course because otherwise it takes very little to travel off course. A speech
deserve even the opponents here I really understood my level: poor! I'm not talking technically, but in general .... the map and the woods, traveling concentrated, I do not have big problems but the difference is in execution speed! here I see really what is the average level of
Scandinavian orienteers (their land) and I began to understand why orienteers as Baccega, Corradini, Anuchkin, struggling to stay in the top 20! the average level is such that 2-3 minutes apart mean positions 20-30, a thing that struck me as funny is that when you are wrong, the time that is lost is greater than perceived. For a long time I have lurking in the corridor and I have reviewed the final form of the state of the participants, even those who are overweight (a few) have a sustained speed anyway regardless of age.
The surroundings of the town of Orebro are ideal for the orientation: maps very close to the city, with fixed routes of increasing difficulty for both the race for the mountain bike, but even just to run, the long paths that cut through these pine trees give the feeling of being in a paradise where, aided by the climate, you hear very little effort.
As anticipated, I would not write much about my performance: when the weather was cloudy and rainy and I was able to enjoy a little mistake in the heat while I cursed this trip, it seems strange, but the temperature difference between the number of days has been remarkable ! from 10-15 degrees to almost 30 of the third stage. Since
improvement, being the first time I ventured up this type of terrain I thought more of making a mistake, after all this time I found the taste to run the card in hand, perhaps because the challenge with the Scandinavian land I was missing.
I believe that any guidance should come here to feel, see, understand, then, can begin to make comparisons with other places, situations, numbers.
I waited 17 years, perhaps too many, maybe I regret not to call Mark Johansson (brand name suggeritomi by GOK) to endlessly relive those feelings that I felt this trip. Return to the maps ...
O-Ringen 
I want to tell what this race to those who have never been in the eye and has only some experience multidays by small numbers.
First, this event is run by a real company that takes care of the logistics, registrations this year were over the 11 000 and is an even number too big. In fact, on other occasions it has reached peaks of 20 000 participants and scores below 10 thousand members tend to say that "things have gone wrong!"
I have to admit that
ages, races at the meeting, these people do not notice: the fact that the departures are spread over 5-6 hours and that the guidelines are in the woods, those who wait on board finish are quite a few , is very different, however, the comings and goings of people: those who start early, turn away those who still face crossing the forest, which in turn cross the last to leave in short: it seems to be in the middle of a road in a market day! The same scene is repeated, for hours on end in the hall: there are at least a dozen parallel rows determine the finish for each category, each category is associated with a sponsor and it is through it that are determined
different start and finish, in this large canyon for hours, there's people of all ages that drive as if victory was at hand. Around the goal, as well as a vast expanse of backpacks, tents, flags, there are a number of important dimensions of the stand, passing the containers of the speaker (here is a radio frequency that broadcasts live), the tent with the PC on the network to see the results live, with a mini-orienteering for emergencies, the area massages, a huge kindergarten where children are numbered with a harness .... In this regard, I noticed that instead of playing them, the leaders taught their chores and for this I was astonished to see children with hammer and nails!
The area showers and bathrooms are huge because most of the participants are accustomed to taking a shower outdoors regardless of weather and there will be booths for food though the menu is not your typical Italian. The competition center is a small town: it seems to be a fair, not only because it sells everything here, but because people wandering back and forth looking for gadgets or questions related to the event. The town of Orebro
was invaded by the people oriented; the first day there was a sprint to the center and it was done the traditional parade, honestly, you do not see many other reports on the event despite the restaurants and hotels have increased their seats .
recounted the logistical side of the woods and wanted to talk about the cards: it will also be true that happened in the year when Simone Luder said: "This forest is the most technical of Sweden, but the ground is fantastic! long after I went back to true guidance,
one where you can not distract a moment because if you lose concentration you have a mistake borne of minutes, and I speak not only for me, because I noticed a split sample passes from the first ten places in the last ten ... How said Remus, fair play should not ask anything from others, but here I saw people in trouble (I, for one) that if he had not asked their position would be running again now. The fact is that the terrain is very flat, but at times also very detailed and everything looks like the only help T are scattered on the paper. The maps are very precise but you should understand immediately what is being mapped and what colors are used, the substrate is very soft because it is the moss that dominates these lands. For
culinary lovers, mark the large amount of berries and mushrooms frequent areas, the landscape is really nice: it goes from rocky hills to flat expanses of pine and clean with wide visibility, marshes, thanks to the drought in recent weeks, are viable and help much at sea. Of course here you have to travel with the compass for many years, I have done without but on this occasion I had to do a crash course because otherwise it takes very little to travel off course. A speech deserve even the opponents here I really understood my level: poor! I'm not talking technically, but in general .... the map and the woods, traveling concentrated, I do not have big problems but the difference is in execution speed! here I see really what is the average level of
Scandinavian orienteers (their land) and I began to understand why orienteers as Baccega, Corradini, Anuchkin, struggling to stay in the top 20! the average level is such that 2-3 minutes apart mean positions 20-30, a thing that struck me as funny is that when you are wrong, the time that is lost is greater than perceived. For a long time I have lurking in the corridor and I have reviewed the final form of the state of the participants, even those who are overweight (a few) have a sustained speed anyway regardless of age. The surroundings of the town of Orebro are ideal for the orientation: maps very close to the city, with fixed routes of increasing difficulty for both the race for the mountain bike, but even just to run, the long paths that cut through these pine trees give the feeling of being in a paradise where, aided by the climate, you hear very little effort.
As anticipated, I would not write much about my performance: when the weather was cloudy and rainy and I was able to enjoy a little mistake in the heat while I cursed this trip, it seems strange, but the temperature difference between the number of days has been remarkable ! from 10-15 degrees to almost 30 of the third stage. Since
improvement, being the first time I ventured up this type of terrain I thought more of making a mistake, after all this time I found the taste to run the card in hand, perhaps because the challenge with the Scandinavian land I was missing. I believe that any guidance should come here to feel, see, understand, then, can begin to make comparisons with other places, situations, numbers.
I waited 17 years, perhaps too many, maybe I regret not to call Mark Johansson (brand name suggeritomi by GOK) to endlessly relive those feelings that I felt this trip. Return to the maps ...
first stop
Second stage:
Third stage:
Fourth stage:
Fifth stage:
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