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Describe the Activity:
Team is split in half. Half are Field Operatives and the other half are Control. Control has a map to several location and must explain where to go next to the field operatives without using the names of directions.

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Skills Emphasized: Physical Mental Social Creative

Category: Choose One Activity Admin Banned Ceremony Challenge Creative Game Hike Ill-Conceived Kitchen Learning Movie Watching Multistation Scout Shadow Social Sport Unifying

Degree of Difficulty: Choose One Easy Average Moderate Demanding Nigh Impossible

Preferred Location: Choose One Outdoors Indoors Combined Unimportant

Time: Choose One Day Night Unimportant

Participation: Choose One Individual Team Group

Equipment Requirements: Choose One None Light Average Moderate Substantial

Why would we want to do this?
Orienteering is usually fun. This is more like a compass course but with no bearings.

What are the basic rules?
Team is split with half the team at home base (control) having a map to a specific location. They communicate with the other half of the team (field ops) to direct them to the destination. At the destination is a map to direct the other half of the team (now field ops) to a final destination. Control can provide instructions but must not name a cardinal direction, bearing, or actual name of the building or geographical feature. Can use generic terms such as hill, building, stream, road, etc. Field ops answers with a yes/no.

Are there any variations we should consider?
Communication can be more than yes/no questions, but cannot involve names. A single person is at home base. Everyone else is field ops. First destination is close by (about a quarter mile). This must be found without radios or phone. Communication of the quarter mile may be done as a sound hike or pony express with folks spaced out about 40 yards apart. A number is posted at the first site which tells the control person at home base which envelope to open. The correct envelope has a map to the final site. At this point radio or phone communication may be used to direct the field ops group to the site.

What preparation will we need?
Need to create a set of points for the teams to be guided to which is relatively equally challenging for all teams.

What special equipment will we need?
Clues Reliable communication between teams Compasses

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Date Added: 20210504

Date Edited: 20211204

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