I aspire to be them, because they’re getting out in nature and getting exercise.” (Plus, she adds, sometimes the older people beat the high-school kids, “because they know exactly where they’re going.

The sport of orienteering is the survival of the fittest. Participants in meets compete against the clock with only a compass, topographical map and their senses as a guide. An orienteering meet is ...

You will get lost. That is part of orienteering, a race where you have to read the wavy contour lines of a map and pick your way along natural terrain until you find a hallowed "control point," then ...

Local naturalist Mary Ann Schlegel can't coax her 12-year-old daughter, Hyla, into taking a hike with her. But when mom suggests they do an orienteering course, the girl scrambles for her sneakers. "I ...

A new orienteering course at Locust Lake State Park in Barnesville takes visitors on a walk around the 52-acre lake in search of eight markers. The course is meant to introduce folks to the sport, ...

They’re the type of people you want close by if you ever get lost in the woods. They participate in orienteering, the sport of navigating through the woods with map and compass. Those new to the sport ...

With more than a century of history, the modern sport of orienteering has a language all its own. Here are a few key terms one might encounter while preparing a route or competing on a course: Attack ...

For nine days in late October and early November more than 1,000 travelers from all walks of life will gather in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland to run in the woods. Each day they will meet at a ...

With more than a century of history, the modern sport of orienteering has a language all its own. Here are a few key terms one might encounter while preparing a route or competing on a course: Attack ...