On Sunday, April 6, BOK held an advanced Reveal-O and open “Explorer” course at West Point on the Eno Park. The water levels were more accommodating than the pollen levels on this warm sunny spring day, but everyone seemed to enjoy the chance to explore a new 400-acre orienteering venue in Durham. Many thanks go […]
Read MoreWe will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday, April 13, 2025. Take Glenwood Ave to the park entrance. Go south past the visitor center to the parking lots at the end of the road. Registration and starts will be in the large picnic shelter to the east of the parking area. […]
Read MoreWe are well into the peak of pollen season here in North Carolina, so clouds of the yellow stuff were blowing out of the trees and many runners emerged from the largely pine forest covered in it. But the temperatures were perfect for running, the forecasted rain held off, and the woods were still open […]
Read MoreLearn radio orienteering (aka, ARDF) as the pros learned it. Experience the no-frustration step-by-step approach by which many have learned the sport.
Read MoreI will start the comments with the usual: We had fantastic weather. But then I diverge because the preparations were particularly unusual. To start things off, we had the wrong map – we had an orienteering map instead of a Marauder Map. We needed real time map updates. The Dreamville Festival was closing most of […]
Read MoreHalf-Life Score-O Join us for a Score-O event at the New Hope Overlook section of Jordan Lake on Sunday March 30. In this event, your goal is to collect as many points as possible within the allotted time. There is no set route—you can visit the controls in any order you choose. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED […]
Read MoreWe had a good turnout for an advanced event on a day that was great for orienteering. A little cool with occasional bursts of sun. We did have an issue with maps. They should have been printed at 100% (no scaling) on landscape orientation paper. Although I emphasized the need for not using shrink-to-fit, the […]
Read MoreOn Sunday March 9th, BOK is hosting an Advanced orienteering event at Umstead Park West. The entrance is on Old Reedy Creek Rd. This event is open to participants with some experience. Registration will at 5PM. Friday March 7. Please don’t count on registration being open much beyond the deadline as we have a lot […]
Read MoreOn Sunday March 9th, BOK is hosting an Advanced orienteering event at Umstead Park West. The entrance is on Old Reedy Creek Rd. This event is open to participants with some experience. This is the first time we have set an Orange course on this part of the map and it will be technically harder, […]
Read MoreChilly, yet sunny day, difficult courses, fields of blooming wild daffodils.Also first time we used 2.5m map (thank you, Dave!), that revealed true steepness and ruggedness of this place. Huge thank you to Brian Pike, who finished Red course and immediately went back to pick all far away controls, and that’s extra 5K on top […]
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