Mounted search and rescue

["LAURI STRUVE" <lauris10@earthlink.net>]

being interested in Mounted orienteering, but not experienced, I am not
bored at all. I find it quite interesting
Lauri


> [Original Message]
> From: Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>
> To: <obsar1864>; <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 10/30/2005 11:17:52 AM
> Subject: [MSAR] Mounted orienteering, USOF style rules
>
> Is everyone totally bored yet with this thread?
>
> NACMO and IMO style orienteering rules emphasize searching
> above navigating.  What about the few groups that put on
> mounted orienteering meets using USOF/IOF style rules?  I
> did a Google search both of the web and of Usenet to find
> clubs that do or did organize mounted orienteering meets.
> All of them have stopped, due to dwindling interest.  Why?
> Well, all the USOF-style mounted orienteering meets have
> been *trail* orienteering meets.  Almost all orienteering
> fans consider trail-O to be boring.
>
> There are some strategies to improve interest in trail-O,
> including annotating the map to "grade" trails so the user
> has some information relevant to route choice other than
> distance and elevation change.  Another is to run the meet
> as a score-O, where controls have varied "point" values
> depending on how far they are to reach.  From score-O, it
> is a very small step to running a mini-rogaine.  A score-O
> usually is designed with all controls at a similar level
> of technical difficulty (White, Yellow, Orange, Red, as I
> described in a previous post);  in a rogaine all levels of
> technical difficulty may be used.
>
> For other strategies to correct deficiencies of trail-O,
> investigate course design issues for MTB-O (mountain bike)
> and ski-O.
>
>       Una Smith
>       New Mexico
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