Route to Christmas: 2012

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 1 2012

- I got beaten by a girl on a night training on that map in 2006… It still irritates me! (Christian) The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your na

Route to Christmas: Day 1 2012

The first day of Route to Christmas 2012 takes us to Hungary and the Hungarian Ultra-Long Championships. The race was organized on March 31, around 60 kms NE of Budapest. Thanks to Aron Less for tip about the route – and providing both map and routes! We are considering the second leg in the competition – a leg which was run by several

Route to Christmas: Day 2 2012

The second day of Route to Christmas 2012 takes us to Norway and the Norwegian Championships Long. The race was organized on September 13th close to Oslo. Todays leg is leg number 13 in the H21 course. The leg in question was in the second half of the course – a long leg in very hilly terrain. Your challenge as an orienteer is to answer the

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 2 2012

Today we have got a really tricky one – at least I think so! Can you guess from which country this map sample comes? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24?

Route to Christmas: Day 3 2012

The third day of Route to Christmas 2012 takes us to Sweden and the Swedish Championships Ultralong. The race was organized on September 29th southwest of Mora. The leg in question is leg number 23 – in the last part of the race. The leg is a long one in quite flat terrain. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may t

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 3 2012

With yesterday being very tricky, we go a bit easier again today – at least for many of you! The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-ma

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 4 2012

The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-mail address and your guess for the country below! For a given day, only answers given between 05:00

Route to Christmas: Day 4 2012

The fourth day of Route to Christmas 2012 takes us to France to a very special training. This labyrinth was one of the suggestions for “Course of the Year 2012″ – but was not within the Top 10. The leg in question is leg number two. The rules are simple: Don’t cross any of the red lines in the labyrinth – and find the

Route to Christmas: Day 5 2012

The fifth day of Route to Christmas 2012 takes us to Sweden again – to a very interesting long leg in a middle distance course. Todays leg is leg number 12 in the H21E course from the Silva League WRE-race at April 15th. PS! I hope to soon get enough tips from World of O’s readers to get out of Scandinavia and into the rest of the excit

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 5 2012

You can’t go wrong by pulling out the compass and running straight here, can you? But can you guess where in the world this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 6 2012

After a very flat map yesterday, I found some contours for you today! Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? As many

Route to Christmas: Day 6 2012

In todays leg in Route to Christmas we are moving south from Scandinavia to Switzerland. The race in question is the first national race on April 9th – and as there was GPS tracking in this race there is a lot of data to analyze. With WOC being run in Switzerland in autumn, there were a lot of national team runners on the start making the rac

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 7 2012

Another day – another map! Nearly 2000 answers have been given in the WoO Christmas O-Quiz already – very impressive! And based on your comments, I think you may have spent in total about 3-400 work hours searching for the correct answers (some have used an hour for an answer – some look like they have guessed rather quickly). Ca

Route to Christmas: Day 7 2012

Today is your lucky day! Not one, but two(!) very interesting legs from Croatia are on offer in Route to Christmas today. And the legs offer very different orienteering challenges: Although significant parts of the map are extreme karst, the other part is more typical continental terrain, and the course setter did set the course in such a way a mix

Route to Christmas: Day 8 2012

Todays Route to Christmas travels to Germany – to the German Championships Ultralong at April 21st! As it is a rainy(?) Saturday today, I have prepared two long legs for you with the help of course setter Bjarne Friedrichs. - It was a great challenge to do the mapping and course setting for the German Champs in Ultralong Orienteering right b

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 8 2012

A real classic for today! Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-mail address and your guess f

Route to Christmas: Day 9 2012

Today Route to Christmas travels to Switzerland to a long, tough race. The chosen leg is leg number 11 in the H21E course from Swiss Champs long distance 2012 at August 19th 2012. Thanks to Severin Howald for the tip. In addition to the leg to control number 11, we have a much longer and tougher leg from the same course as bonus-leg below. Some of

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 9 2012

Hint: It is not in Europe! Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-mail address and your guess

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 10 2012

Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-mail address and your guess for the country below! For

Route to Christmas: Day 10 2012

For those of you loving sprint – we have finally got two sprint legs for you. The legs are from a Czech National Team Sprint Training January 22nd 2012 prepared by Czech trainer Radek Novotny, and one of the legs has actually already been published here at World of O. The first leg is the new one – leg 3-4. The leg is as usually firs

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 11 2012

Route to Christmas: Day 11 2012

Todays in Route to Christmas we are bringing back fond memories from WOC in France in 2011. Not the same courses, but the same challenging terrain! Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 4 in the H21E course from a regional middle distance race – O’Tomne en Savoie 2012 – at September 29th 2012. Thanks to Mathieu Kern-Gilla

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 12 2012

Route to Christmas: Day 12 2012

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is probably the longest leg in this edition of Route to Christmas! The leg in question is leg number 5 from the H21E course in the Austrian championships long distance at September 22nd in very stony and technical terrain in Arnoldstein. - [The] competitions were held in an exciting terrain, offering a lot of contou

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 13 2012

Route to Christmas: Day 13 2012

Today we have found a 2.8 km long leg in Sweden for Route to Christmas. The leg in question is leg number 2 from the M21 course in the Swedish Championships Long distance organized at September 16th 2012. Quite tough to get a leg like this after 2 minutes running, don’t you think? The runners are running at around 5 minutes/km in mixed white

Route to Christmas: Day 14 2012

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is a tough, long route from JWOC 2012 in Slovakia. The race was run on July 9th – and had quite a few challenges for the runners… The “secret” (not too well hidden secret either I guess) is to avoid green whenever you can – green may slow you down a lot. In addition, use the compass aft

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 14 2012

Is this too easy? Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-mail address and your guess for the c

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 15 2012

Route to Christmas: Day 15 2012

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is leg 9 in the M21 course from the event Big Salut 2012 in Moldova. This leg might not have the most interesting route choice alternatives in Route to Christmas 2012 – but on the other hand it is very interesting to solve route choice puzzles from faraway places in different terrain than the usual ones.

Route to Christmas: Day 16 2012

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is a really long leg from Estonia – the Estonian Championships long distance at August 18th. Interesting and varied terrain with many marshes and varied runnability makes for some interesting route choice options in this kind of terrain. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 16 2012

Route to Christmas: Day 17 2012

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is from a women course in Hungary in some very special terrain. The race in question is Juniper Open which was organized on March 4th – and the terrain is an interesting mix of open terrain and green areas. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about h

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 17 2012

This one should be easier? Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-mail address and your guess

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 18 2012

This might not be as straightforward as yesterdays map as this country has other terrain types which you might be more familiar with – but still this is characteristic for part of the country. Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. Y

Route to Christmas: Day 18 2012

Today we are traveling to a very nice map in Canada in Route to Christmas. This is a map we have visited before several times here on World of O – and one of the maps I would really like to try out some time. The leg in question is leg 13 in the M21 course from Ottawa O-Festival middle distance organized at May 19th 2012. The leg is

Route to Christmas: Day 19 2012

Today we take another trip to France and the WOC 2011 terrain in Route to Christmas. This time a regional long distance event in the long distance terrain from WOC 2011 – and the leg in question is leg 14 in the H21E course from OTomne en Savoie 2012 at September 30th. Again the tip comes from Mathieu Kern-Gillard – thank you very much

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 19 2012

Hint for today: This one is in Europe. Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-mail address and

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 20 2012

Route to Christmas: Day 20 2012

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is from Germany – from the WMOC organized in July 2012. The chosen leg is leg numer 11 in the M40A course – and thus we are not looking at current elite orienteers this time. Thanks a lot to route planner Rolf Breckle for the tip. Some comments from Breckle about the course to set the leg in perspective

Route to Christmas: Day 21 2012

Todays leg in Route to Christmas is from one of the top placed courses in Course of the Year 2012 – the Norwegian WOC selection races long at May 31st 2012. The leg in question is leg number 28 in the M21E course – a long one at the end of a tough race! The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 21 2012

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 22 2012

This one should be quite difficult I think – but hey, we are getting close to Christmas, aren’t we? Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample –

Route to Christmas: Day 22 2012

In todays leg in Route to Christmas we are travelling far away – to New Zealand! The leg in question is leg number six in the M21E course from Auckland Champs Long Distance at October 13th 2012. And again we offer a long leg! Thanks a lot to Ross Morrison & the rest of the Auckland orienteers for providing me with GPS data for the analy

Route to Christmas: Day 23 2012

Todays Route to Christmas is one of the highlights in the 2012 series. Not only one leg, but two legs, are offered. The race in question was held in tricky sandstone terrain in Czech Republic – the Czech Championships long distance, course setter was Radek Novotny along with Vaclav Zakouril, and we even have comments from both course setter a

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 23 2012

Again a bit tricky I guess – parts of the map are characteristic for the country, but you need to look the right places… Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for t

Route to Christmas: Day 24 2012

Todays leg in Route to Christmas takes us to a really long leg in Finland – the Finnish Championships Relay. A similar leg was run on all legs – but only the 4th and last leg was unforked. The race was run at September 16th 2012. The leg was suggested by Topi Syrjäläinen who also gave some extra information about the leg – thank

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Day 24 2012

The last day! Can you manage this tricky one as well? Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-m

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Solution Day 24 2012

We finished our journey in the neighbour country of where we started: Portugal. Although we travelled away from the mainland and out to Madeira. Thanks a lot for following on this exciting journey to 24 countries in the WoO Christmas O-Quiz! Who knows, I might even repeat this crazy adventure next year as well! No Internet except on my old nokia p

Route to Christmas: Bonus 1 2012

As a bonus in this year’s Route to Christmas we offer a left-over leg. The leg in question is another leg from the Norwegian WOC selection races long at May 31st 2012. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too small, you may click o

Route to Christmas: Bonus 2 2012

As a bonus in this year’s Route to Christmas we offer a second left-over leg. The leg in question is again a leg from the Norwegian WOC selection races long at May 31st 2012 – this time the short leg number 6. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this

Route to Christmas: Bonus 3 2012

Todays we offer yet another bonus leg in Route to Christmas – this time a leg from Slovakia. This leg was originally chosen as I did not find any good legs from JWOC – but then a JWOC long leg surfaced, and this one was degraded to a bonus leg …This leg is from a training course from JWOC 2012 from March 18th. The leg is as usua

WoO Christmas O-Quiz: Results 2012

Two people managed to get all 24 correct – congratulations to Timo Sild and Gigison! All who had at least 5 countries correct are listed in the link given below. 700 people guessed at least one of the days – 23 managed 20 or more correct! Thanks for playing! Note! If someone mistyped their e-mail address on some of the days, the guess