A Canadian in Sweden

Doped headlamps

Here is a cool 3 minute report from SVT, Swedish television (equivalent to CBC), about the pressing national question of whether night-orienteering lamp technology has just, you know, gotten completely out of hand. Because making this nutty sport a bit easier with better lighting would just be besides the point. It is supposed to be nutty, I suppose.

Even if you don't understand Swedish, it is worth a look because they have some good shots of night-o races. It gives you an idea of what it looks like to run through the woods at midnight.

If they really wanted to make this sport even more difficult, they could station volunteers at each control point to beat the competitors with sticks as they arrive. That would have the bonus of probably making for great TV.

posted by Jeff @ 9:11 AM