Join us again for a unique, fun experience on New Year’s Day. This time at Bond Park in Cary. We plan a mass start in the Multi-use Field 35.78342288, -78.826243093 at 11:00 am, but keep an eye on this page in case weather makes us change the start location. Be sure to arrive 30 minutes before start to pick up your map and get final instructions 15 minutes before the start.

We will be having a “short” Bumble. Quantico Orienteering has a good introduction to the concept of a bumble. https://www.qocweb.org/sites/default/files/Bumble_2024_Explanation.pdf The exciting twist to our New Year’s version of a Bumble will include a maze O for two of the windows, making for a maximum of 7 windows.

Beginners are also welcome to come out to try the Explorer course. Like a score O, find whatever controls you can. Explorers may start at 10:30am and must be done by 1pm. New orienteers coming out to try the explorer course should watch our introductory videos at the top of our newcomer information page.

For those not familiar with maze O, it’s a very small course, maybe 10m x 10m, taped off in the shape of, wait for it, a maze. You’ll have 7 or so controls and it goes faster than a sprint. Quick map reading is vital and seconds are crucial. For a visual similar to the map you’ll have, see these results from Cascade Orienteering

The rules for our combined Bumble + Maze O will be as follows:

• Everyone takes 4 or more windows of their choice.
• Everyone must do 2 mazes, which count as 2 of their total windows.
• A maze window may not be the first window taken.
• Two Mazes may not be done as back-to-back windows.
• Time limit is 90 minutes.

Registration will close at 5pm New Year’s Eve.

What an awesome three days. Besides our regulars we had RadioO people from as far away as Oregon and Maryland. There were, however, some ups and some downs. One crazy thing that caused a bunch of trouble for the results was that the SI master that synchronizes all the controls was an hour off because […]

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We had an open event at Schenck Forest on December 7, with about 50 people running advanced courses and 20 participating in the White/Yellow Score-O. The Score-O also featured a holiday twist: half the controls included trivia questions worth an extra point each. All questions were orienteering-themed. Curious what you missed? You can view the […]

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Ruth, Dave, Matt K. and I are hosting a 3-day Radio-O and Orienteering event at our Gray Owl house in Asheboro NC.  Everyone is welcome. Be sure to check back here before you arrive, as details will be added as I set the courses.

The forcast for the weekend is clear sunny and cold. You can hang out in our house to keep warm when you aren’t out in the woods. Also, now we have a fire pit so you can warm up by the fire.

Radio-O

• Friday 9am-3pm
  • full sprint – 1.6k Full power 3.56 & 3.58 MHz
• Friday Noon-3pm
  • fox-O – Long 6k, Short 3.1k, 3.52 & 3.54 MHz
• Saturday 9am-3pm
  • 2m classic course Full 5.9k, Short 4.3k, 144.50 Beacon 144.55
  • full sprint – 1.6k Full power 3.56 & 3.58 MHz
  • fox-O – Long 6k, Short 3.1k, 3.52 & 3.54 MHz
• Saturday 4pm – 6pm Vegetarian Chili dinner
• Sunday 9am-3pm
  • Classic 80m course Full 6.1k, Short 4.2k, 3.52 MHz
  • full sprint – 1.6k Full power 3.56 & 3.58 MHz

There is overlap between the radio-O and orienteering courses, so all the radio-O courses you are planning to do should be done before you do any of the orienteering courses except Sprint, which is completely separate.

​Orienteering

• Friday 10am – 3pm
  • 1hr, 2hr, and 4hr Score course (advanced – expert, i.e. Orange – Blue).
  • White and Yellow level Explorer Orienteering course
• Friday and Saturday 7pm – 8pm 1 hour Night Course
  • 7pm Mass Start Must return by 8pm
  • 2 point penalty every minute past 8pm
• Saturday and Sunday 9am – 3pm
  • 1hr, 2hr, and 4hr Score course (advanced – expert, i.e. Orange – Blue).
  • White and Yellow level Explorer Orienteering course
• Saturday 4pm – 6pm Vegetarian Chili dinner
• Birkhead Hiking Challenge. Details here.
  • Saturday: Start window 6:30 am to 12 pm noon 24 hour 64k

Saturday Evening we will have dinner at our house, and camping is available on our property and nearby commercial campgrounds.  Hotels are available within 15 minutes of Gray Owl.

Location & Directions: 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro, NC. (35.634843, -79.881873) There is a control on our mailbox at the intersection of Hopewell Friends and Gray Owl Road. Drive 1/4 mile on Gray Owl and take the first left turn onto our driveway. Drive 1/4 mile to the turnaround, turn around and park only on the right side (east side) of the driveway as you are heading back out. Do not drive on the grass at all! Do not park in the turnaround!

We had great conditions for an open meet at Raven Rock, and nearly 60 of us enjoyed being out in one of our lesser used parks. Raven Rock is really a great spot for orienteering, though; and we’re hoping to have a brand new map of the area for our next event there. A new […]

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