PETALUMA — This summer, Erin Schirm will take 14 teenagers to Europe for two months and coach them in competitions that draw thousands of spectators and garner substantial media coverage. Then he will ...

Picture this: you’re with friends in an unfamiliar forest using only a map and a compass to guide you to an upcoming checkpoint. There are no cell phones or GPS gadgets to help, just good old ...

When hundreds of runners sprinted into the night at Kendal Mountain Festival 2025 – maps in hand, headtorches blazing, hearts thumping – they weren’t just racing. They were scheming, plotting, ...

Graham Baird of Greeley hates running on the road, though he used to run road races. When the associate geology professor found out about orienteering, he was hooked. Orienteering combines hiking, ...

If your Geeklings are getting tired of Geocaching, and you're looking for something a little more challenging for them, then it's time you gave some thought to Orienteering. The basic idea of the ...

McMaster University researchers have found that orienteering can prevent cognitive decline caused by dementia. The sport of orienteering combines physical activity, navigational skills, and memory ...

Dee Boeck is quite a runner. Boeck, president of local club Run Lawrence, has been running competitively for close to three decades and has more age-group victories than even she probably can count.

BETHEL — Seven young girls huddle around a colorful map of their school campus, putting into practice the navigation skills they learned in their third-grade physical education class. They dash to the ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (April 6, 2016) -- Give Capt. Jordan Laughlin a map and a compass, and he can probably get you from Point A to Point B faster than anybody else on post. That is, if you can keep up ...