A Walk in the Woods is out on Netflix tomorrow. Not highly rated, but look forward to the indulgence. Also, I highly, highly, recommend the movie "The Way Back." Some old school nav in it.
It is funny but when I originally saw that episode of Lost with the "I'm orienteering" line I thought the speaker was being sarcastic as in 'what do you think I'm doing? I'm sitting on the ground trying to make sense of a cryptic map. But if you can't figure that out I'll tell you I'm doing the sport of orienteering.'
I thought we had reached the mainstream.
Now as I look at the re-run my illuion is shattered. The writer actually thought that was what orienteers do - sit on the ground with a makeshit compass looking at a cryptic map.
But the best TV shows to appeal to orienteers 1) Mantracker 2) Amazing Race Of course these are not dramas but I love the terrain shots.
If you want a movie that actually made an attempt to have realistic orienteering, there's the obscure State Park. (Not to say it's a great film, or anything...)
Maybe some Kiwis can correct me but I had an idea that Zena Warrior Princess was filmed in Woodhill Forest - but not the bit being used for World Masters in 17
I'm not a New Zealander so I could be discredited for this info but this professional looking website mentions it as the location of one of the episodes.
It even mentions orienteering by name on one of the pages!
I never ran up the passing dune from Bethells to O'Neil bay in such a sprint.
I quit this thread. I can't unsee that Blair Witch map. I may be a wimp, but I had to leave the theater to get my bearings during that film. No kids in corners!
@Nixon and TomN - yeah try watching Blair Witch the night before you go race on that map, get to the start look at your control descriptions and the first one is a rock pile!!! Get over being freaked out about that and then one of the junior guys comes running up behind you half way through the course and you jump 6ft in the air out of fright. Yeah I will never forgive the COC boys for having us watch that before the Interscholastics there!
The Blair Witch was filmed in our area in Maryland. We had an National meet in the terrain where the house was located. The house torn down after the movie so all that remained was foundation stones. The area they walked through we haven't mapped as it mostly green.