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.

Sara Bednarcik consults her map shortly after reaching one of the checkpoints during the Grizzly Orienteering event at Lone Pine State Park Sunday. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Asher, Anna and ...

As a Girl Scout, Sharon Crawford never left a trail. It was always safety first. Then she took up orienteering. With a map in one hand and a compass in the other, for decades Crawford has cut her own ...

Google Maps, MapQuest and even Waze won’t help here. The Los Angeles Orienteering Club is inviting the brave — or at least those willing to put their smartphones away for a day — to take on its ...

BABCOCK, Wis. - People who lack confidence hiking through the woods on their own cany register for an "Orienteering - Fun with Compass and Map Course" at Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center on May 1-2.

James Baker had it easy Saturday, for this time he had a compass. The same can't be said of the second day in the 1982 orienteering US Championship. He showed up to the latter part of a two-day ...