What a great day for orienteering! 65-68 degrees and sunny! We had big turnout with a lot of runners going on advanced courses. Control #56 proved to be the hardest to find: long approach to parallel features in a confusing area – and caused a few DNFs… #53 on Green also caused some troubles, but […]

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We will have a REGULAR event at Umstead Park (South) on Sunday March 10, 2013. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park through the main entrance off of I-40 (Harrison Avenue exit), and follow the signs to the big shelter. The event starts at noon and everybody […]

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The weather was perfect. 70 degrees in December?! Seriously, one can’t ask for a better day! The forest was clear and beautiful, the courses – fast. We had a great turnout and some people even ran two courses! Huge thank you goes to people who helped with controls pick-up and transportation: — Artem Kazantsev — […]

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We will have a REGULAR event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday December 9, 2012. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park through the Glenwood Avenue entrance, follow the signs to the furthest parking lot and from there to the big shelter. The event starts at noon […]

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Who would think that we’ll get an orienreeting event in the middle of August with 75 degree air temperature?! Well, we got one… Thanks to the heavy rain (an at times – a thunderstorm). People who did not wear glasses and who has a foresight to put their maps into plastic bags had a definite […]

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The event is confirmed for Aug 19! We will be having a mini Radio “O” course at the event.  We will set out 3 radio transmitters and will have a couple of receivers for you to borrow.  You use the receivers to find the transmitters the same way they track bears with transmitters (only we […]

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First of all I want to thank everybody who came to the event! To put it mildly, the weather wasn’t accommodating… Nevertheless you came and I am grateful for that. Thank you all very much! It was raining intermittently, the forest was wet and gloomy, and the courses – difficult. Yes, all the courses from […]

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We will have a REGULAR event at Umstead Park (South) on Sunday April 22, 2012. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park from I-40 and follow the signs from the parking lot. We will start from the big shelter. The event starts at noon and everybody must […]

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A fun event is coming up on Thursday, April 12 that may interest some of you! In the UNC Sustainability Scavenger Hunt, participants navigate around UNC with a map showing the locations of sustainability initiatives. Visit as many checkpoints as you can in one hour, and then return to the assembly area for food and […]

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It was a perfect day for running: the forest was clean and clear, but still bright and yellow; the sun was shining and the air was fresh and pure. And so the herd of orienteerers filled the woods and ran, ran, ran for many miles until everybody finished. Couldn’t have been better! It looks like […]

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