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Mrs H. wrote:Admiral Lord Nelson had his eye poked out by a tree - not in battle as is popularly thought - but I don't think he was orienteering when he did it.
Where did you hear that one from? According to the biography I've got Nelson lost his right eye to splinters during the siege of Calvi on 10th July 1794...
Anyway, as far as wearing glasses when orienteering is concerned: my sight is bad enough that I wear glasses normally, but not so bad that I can't find my way without. I usually run without them on simple maps, or when its raining heavily and they would soon become useless, but with them on more complex areas where I need to study the map more closely.
I have felt my glasses brushing undergrowth aside on many occasions, and even had them pulled off my face! When running without, I've never spiked my eye so I think I must be automatically protecting them more, either with my hands or by turning away. Assuming that these "sports glasses" suffer from the same visibility problems as ordinary corrective glasses in wet or cold weather, I'm not sure that they would be worth buying.
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MarkC - orange
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My Natty new specs arrived from Compass Point today. They are the OLP magnifier ones (£18 ). Polycarbonate lens (looks pretty tough) and wrap round so I think they will be pretty good protection and they are bifocal - I can manage with plain +1.25 or 1.5 lenses to look at the map so these work great for me.
I cannot read a map without glasses, I do not want to run around a wood with £150+ plus of glasses on my nose (plus I shudder to think about breaking a glass lens and what that might do). I have a pair of the plastic "half" glasses that let me read the map, but they flap around - if I have them on properly I can't see at distance and if I put them down at the end of my nose, they do not stay put. These new ones seem to work - I look ahead to see where I am going and glance down through the magnifier to see the map. They even come with an elastic band to keep them on.
I cannot read a map without glasses, I do not want to run around a wood with £150+ plus of glasses on my nose (plus I shudder to think about breaking a glass lens and what that might do). I have a pair of the plastic "half" glasses that let me read the map, but they flap around - if I have them on properly I can't see at distance and if I put them down at the end of my nose, they do not stay put. These new ones seem to work - I look ahead to see where I am going and glance down through the magnifier to see the map. They even come with an elastic band to keep them on.
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