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2016 Classic Events Latest Results O-Skills Orienteering Past Events Scouts Training Workshops

Event Recap & Results / Merit Badge Workshop – Orienteering / 12MAR2016

We were just getting started with 30 pre-registered scouts, when 12 more showed up to learn about orienteering! A few more tables and chairs later, and we were all learning about the basics of orienteering. Some of the requirements for the Boy Scout Merit Badge for orienteering were covered, and scouts practiced taking compass bearings, taking their pace count, and about land forms, orienteering map features, and some of the basic techniques an orienteer uses while on a course. Click to read more…

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O-Skills Orienteering Training

O-Skills: Using Handrails

Using handrails is an easy way to get from one control to the next. A handrail is a feature you can easily follow out in the woods, like a trail, water feature, distinct contour line (like running along a ridge line), or something similar. In the example below, the trail acts as the handrail from control 1 to control 2.

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Gear Orienteering Training

It’s cold outside! 5 Tips for How to Stay Warm

Winter has finally joined us, with a frigid -2F / -19C today (14 FEB 2016), to celebrate a frosty Valentine’s Day in Ohio. Here are science-based 5 tips for how to keep warm while enjoying the outdoors, whether that’s running, orienteering, hiking, or just playing in the snow!

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Events Orienteering Training Workshops

Introduction to Orienteering @ Sippo Lake / 23 FEB 2016

What the junction looks like in real life.

Looking for a challenging and fun outdoor activity? Try Orienteering! Join Stark Parks for an introduction to this family of sports requiring the use of a map and compass to navigate from point to point through a variety of diverse and unfamiliar terrains. We’ll cover navigational techniques, orienteering lingo, and introduce you to ways in which you can participate in this fun, family friendly activity.

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Classic Events Orienteering Sprint Training Workshops

Kenston Campus & Woods / 13 MAR 2016

Join us to learn more about the sport of orienteering, and learn how to use a map and compass to navigate around the campus, while getting some exercise. We’ll provide instruction and guidance, and have all levels of courses available, from white to red. Map Included / compass for loan. NOTE!!! Don’t need instruction? No worries – come run the sprint courses on this beautiful campus, where plenty of challenges await even the most experienced orienteer!

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Events Orienteering Training Workshops

NEOOC Course Design Clinic / 27 FEB 2016

Orienteering mapping and course design clinic that will focus on both theory and application of course design, the practical and technical aspects of designing courses using software, and setting courses. For experienced orienteers only. Bring your own laptop if desired, but workshop will start in a computer lab with the software already loaded. Click on the post for more information, and to register. Registration required!

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Micro Orienteering Training Videos

Video / Micro-Orienteering

We talked about micro-O the other day, and here’s a great example from a Swedish gym hall (gympasal).

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Orienteering Training Videos

Video / Reading the Map, Part 2

Part 2 of the map reading tutorial by the Irish Orienteering Association.

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Orienteering Training Videos

Video / Reading the Map, Part 1

Part 1 of a simple map reading tutorial by the Irish Orienteering Association.

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Gear Orienteering Training

Get Your Own SPORTident Stick

If you’ve been around orienteering or a while, you’ve probably seen the e-punch system we use to collect electronic timing for runners on various courses. Here’s more about them, and how to get your own.