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ORIENTEERING
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June 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Swedish News, Inc. Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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- It's all about finding your way
My husband, Tom, and I tried orienteering for the first time in early 2001. We wanted to expand our map-and-compass skills so we could enjoy and feel more confident hiking and backpacking in wilderness areas.
Instead, we fell in love with orienteering, and that's been our main outdoor activity ever since. Once we "found our way" to the sport, we never looked back.
Invented in Sweden more than 100 years ago as a military exercise, the mechanics of orienteering are pretty simple: It's a sport of navigation using a detailed topographic map and a compass. The name comes from the Swedish word "orientera," to orient oneself. And that's just what you do. The ...
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