Friday, February 15, 2008

One more video and WC map in 1988



In this video we can see more runners competing in the field.
Pay attention to the last part of the video. The camera man shot at the Westerners changing their clothes. I think he did so because it was a very special scene for the local orienteers. The conservative culture in Asia makes us not to do so in the public. People rather queue up in a small toilet for a dirty but "safe" space to get change.
When I attained my first JWOC in Switzerland, I saw the Europeans taking off their underwear in public. I was shocked. Then I realized that when everyone think it's OK,
it will be OK...


I found a map of the World Cup 1988 in Hong Kong. Its name is Cheung Sheung. The word "Sheung" in Chinese means up/above/on top of... But I don't know how to translate the word "Cheung". Since I started orienteering in 2002, this map has not been used for any open competition. Someone said that it's because updating the map and holding an event there is a very hard work thus no one to do so. What a pity.

2 comments:

bpyan said...
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bpyan said...

Wow, I just knew about this blog...
Great Job!! Keep it up!!!!
Hope some day I could do some thing similar....but I am so out of orienteering right now :(