orienteers
Compass-guided trail racers
Orienteers are people who participate in orienteering—a competitive sport combining cross-country running with navigation using a map and compass.
Participants race to find checkpoints scattered across unfamiliar terrain: The orienteers disappeared into the forest at two-minute intervals.
The verb orienteer means to engage in this activity.
Device showing cardinal directions
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- bearingPosture or orientation
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- contoursBoundary lines of shapes
handrail · relocation · thumbing · folding · legend · scale · declination · pacing
Tree-dense ecosystem
- thicketDense shrub cluster
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- hillsideSloping terrain face
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
clearing · spur · saddle · knoll · depression · vegetation · runnable · fight
Competition of speed
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- middle-distanceRaces from 800-3000 meters
long-distance · event · meet · ranking · individual · team · league · series
Authority to direct
Organization with membership
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- mapperOne who charts geography
- juniorLower in standing
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- bearingPosture or orientation
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
contours · handrail · relocation · thumbing · folding · legend · scale · declination · pacing · visualization
forest
Tree-dense ecosystem
- thicketDense shrub cluster
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- hillsideSloping terrain face
marsh · clearing · spur · saddle · knoll · depression · vegetation · runnable · fight · green
race
Competition of speed
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- championshipCompetition for top rank
middle-distance · long-distance · event · meet · ranking · individual · team · league · series · start
control
Authority to direct
club
Organization with membership
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- mapperOne who charts geography
junior · veteran · newcomer · recreational · competitive
- navigatorsnavigators, navigator, pathfinders, helmsman, wayfinders
- travelerspassenger, travelers, traveler, tourist, vacationers
- off-road athletesmountain bikers, dirt bikers
orienteerswanderers
Those who drift aimlessly
stragglers · strollers · meanderers · drifters · hikers