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How do you orienteer and plan your routechoices in the terrain used for Highlands Open 2008? Highlands Open 2008 – staged from August 29th until August 31st in Italy – is the last event featured in the article series “Top Multiday O-events 2008″ at World of O – giving you event presentations with a special twist! Read more about the “Top Multiday O-events 2008″ feature articles here – including information about how to submit your event. The content in this article is written mostly by the organizers, and World of O is not responsible for any inaccuracies.
The terrain – and how to master it!
Middle Distance- Take a look at this 400 meter long leg. (Control 14 to 15) The map is full of details – very technical -there is so much information that you really have to be careful with the reading. Everything looks the same and it is easy to lose control of all the elements. Compass bearing and control of distance is the best alternative to attack the control.
Typical routechoice challenges
Long Distance – (Control 14 to 15) – Very detailed terrain full of rocks and stones, with trenches from the First World War, Silver fir, Norway spruce, beech trees, good visibility and slow runability due to the stony ground.
- North Route – Fast running on tracks and safe control attack, but long!
- South Route- Contour-reading and very detailed elements.Probably more time.
- Direct route – The shortest route, but you have to read the map carefully.
Why choose Highlands Open 2008?
We offer very technical and demanding courses on high-quality maps and a very skilled organization
Highlands Open is a three day international O-event organized each year on the Altopiano di Asiago 7 Comuni in Italy by ASD Erebus Orientamento Vicenza. The first edition of Highlands Open was organized in 2001 and the ambitious goal was to organize every year a multi-day international orienteering event on the Altopiano of Asiago 7 Comuni. The first edition was held in May 2001 in the areas of Turcio and Barenthal. In 2004 Highlands Open registered a record of participation of over 1200 entries also thanks to the WMOC 2004 Championships which were held in the same area.This year we are offering all the different o-events: middle, sprint, long distance and Trail-O. We offer very technical and demanding courses on high-quality maps and a very skilled organization.
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Highlands Open 2008: More than only orienteering!
Here you can find all that Italy offers: hills, mountains, seaside and lakes together with art, culture and history.
The Altopiano of Asiago 7 Comuni is a happy place which, with its thousand-year tradition of the “Cimbri” people, promises entertainment, rest, cultural enrichment, and the possibility to rediscover the joy of living. On the border of the Po Valley, it is easily accessible by highway and an efficient regional road network. It is also easily accessible from the North and is a beautiful place to stay if you want to visit the whole of the “Veneto” region. Here you can find all that Italy offers: hills, mountains, seaside and lakes together with art, culture and history. The “Altopiano of Asiago 7 Comuni” has an average of 9 hours of sunshine : this makes the people of the “Altopiano” more active and more serene.
The serenity is also felt by the huge number of guests who come back year after year and who often choose this land as their “second home”. Each season offers you both tranquillity and vivacity. The land of the “Cimbri” is certainly one of the most beautiful Mountain resorts in Europe.
The rupestrian inscriptions in the “Assa Valley” of Canove di Roana and the remains of the Paleovenetian village Bostel in Rotzo tell us about the ancient human presence in these mountains. Physical characteristics, rites, uses, and the ancient language of these people together with their mythology show Nordic if not Bavarian origins. The “Cimbri” people colonized this land many centuries ago.
