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, ...

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 ...

The Orienteering Club is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization promoting orienteering, map and compass education, and outdoor activity in Middle Tennessee.    They host ...

I aspire to be them, because they’re getting out in nature and getting exercise.” (Plus, she adds, sometimes the older people beat the high-school kids, “because they know exactly where they’re going.

Local naturalist Mary Ann Schlegel can't coax her 12-year-old daughter, Hyla, into taking a hike with her. But when mom suggests they do an orienteering course, the girl scrambles for her sneakers. "I ...

“OK, start!” calls the man with the clipboard, nodding toward a portable clock. That’s my cue. Compass in hand, I dash out of the starting gate and up a grassy slope to the west of Lake Balboa, on a ...

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.