Quote Originally Posted by The Hat View Post
I always always have the map orientated. It's the way I was taught in the Army and on my ML training. Can't see why you would have it any other way for fell running.
Quote Originally Posted by AndyA View Post
Because if you're in a situation where the terrain is dense on features (paths, boundaries, streams, contour variations etc) it takes extra time to mentally rotate the map, time you need to be watching your feet. It's less of a problem in open featureless moorland (e.g Kinder) but get somewhere full of walls and paths and you can soon be in a mess. In these situations a compass is rarely used (you'd spend most of your time setting bearings instead of looking where you're going) so orienting the map to north is a pointless exercise.

Don't hold the Army/ML up as an example, they're training for a significantly different situation, one where pinpoint accuracy, possibly in bad weather is much more important than speed. High speed navigation when running is often more akin to 'stepping stones' as you use all the features available to 'jump' your way across the map.

Don't dismiss it; try it next time you doing an orienteering/MM event, see if it works.
it might be me but aren't we talking about the same thing?

Map is orienteered to the land so it is pointing north. if we turn left 90 degrees, map stays still and we move round to the right side of the map and face it and start running..... maps stays orienteered and we have moved round it...? I think we are saying the same thing but using different words?