Mountain Biking and Orienteering

July 6, 2009 - PRLog -- There are many fields of sports and recreation that take place outdoors. These fields of sports and recreation combine the fun of being outdoors and the benefit of keeping fit. In this blog I would like to present you with a combination of two enjoyable recreation activities - orienteering and mountain biking.
Orienteering is a sport, in which participants find points in the field based on map reading. Orienteering is a challenging and enjoyable sport, Orienteering is suitable for all ages and fitness levels. There's nothing like the good feeling of finding your way through unknown terrain and collecting all of the points you set out to get.
The combination of mountain biking and orienteering combines the challenges and the adrenaline of the two fields, together with the enjoyment of covering a large span of terrain through mountain biking.
There are specific skills that are needed to succeed in mountain bike orienteering. Some of the main skills that are needed in mountain bike orienteering are matching map to ground in a quickly, successful route choices and good map memory.
Mountain bike orienteering has become a well known discipline in the past 10 years. World championships have been taking place since 2002.
I highly recommend experiencing a bit of mountain bike orienteering on your next vacation in Morzine. Besides the usual preparation towards a mountain bike ride, you'll need to read a map and try to plan an efficient and successful route. While riding there will be a stronger emphasis on finding a riding route and to fitting the terrain you will see to what you'll read on your map.
I'm sure you'll find the combination of mountain biking and orienteering enjoyable and challenging. Mountain bike orienteering can be one of the high points of your next mountain bike vacation in Morzine.

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