Backwoods Orienteering Klub, founded November 15, 1978 sponsors events and teaches orienteering in the North Carolina piedmont, around Raleigh, NC.
We invite you to try orienteering with us. Everyone is welcome at all our events. We always offer beginning, intermediate, advanced and expert courses (routes through the woods) at every Regular event.
We had our first real summer day of the year, which added an extra challenge for competitors. And 80 mins for this Reveal-O turned out to be not nearly enough. No one was able to clear the course (55 points). Nick Anderson, who won, ended up with 36 points, with next six competitors getting 35, […]
Read MoreLearn Radio Orienteering (aka, ARDF) as the pros learned it. Nadia Scharlau got her start in radio-O at age 13 and went on to become a world champion. Later, she taught classes to beginners who became world champions themselves. She still uses the same no-frustration step-by-step approach by which she learned the sport 40+ years ago. Now you can learn that way, too.
These classes are for those new to the sport and would like to learn how it is played. Emphasis will be placed on learning to use a radio receiver. Those who have attended previous beginner class sessions and would like a refresher course are also welcome.
Classes are free, but you need to register in our store. Class size is limited to 12 participants.
Short 80m classic practice courses will be set up, which experienced radio orienteers can use for practice. Everyone needs to register.
All necessary equipment will be provided at no charge. New concepts will be introduced in sequence at each session, but if you can’t attend both sessions, just come when you can. Previously covered concepts will be reviewed at each session so that you can jump right in.
First Timers: A short beginner course will be set with constantly-operating transmitters.
Second Timers: A longer beginner course will be set with “cycling” transmitters.
We will be hiking the courses together as a group, so please arrive by noon to avoid getting left behind!
Those who complete both class sessions may want to try their first solo course on Saturday, May 4, at the same location!
We had chilly weather (at least for the ones who were stuck in the shelter!), but Imre got a nice fire in the chimney, and that made it very cosy! A bit of mishap from me (Mihai): we had some small issues with the number of maps that we had printed, specifically on Orange. I […]
Read MoreWe were fortunate to be able to add a radio orienteering event to the open orienteering event at Umstead South. A dozen people participated in the sprint and most of them decided to ignore the course assignments and completed the entire course to practice. The course proved to be rather physical involving at least 130m […]
Read MoreWe will have an Open Reveal-O event at Carolina North on Sunday, Apr 14. You don’t need to be an expert to participate in this event – there will be plenty of controls to find for all levels.
Park at the parking lot of Orange County Health Department (2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516) and follow BOK signs to the start, which is on a major paved trail (greenway) 300 feet south west from the parking lot.
The event starts at 11.30 am and everybody must finish by 2.30 PM.
The Reveal-O time limit will be 80 minutes. There will be 2 points penalty for every minute you are late coming back from the course (starting from the first second after the allotted 80 mins).
The map you will receive at the start will contain only 15 controls (out of 30 total placed in the woods). The rest of the controls will be revealed to you during the race. 5 out of 15 initial controls will be so called “reveal controls”. When you arrive at one of these controls you will find a small map which will reveal locations of 2-3 additional controls. You will be able to take this new small map with you or copy locations of the revealed controls on your master map and continue the race.
We will have a beginners Q&A session starting at noon. If you are new to orienteering we recommend that you check out these short videos to prepare for the event.
Click the following button to go directly to the registration page (before 5pm on Friday, Apr 12).
Vladimir and Tatyana
