Navigating and avoiding getting lost is a bottom-line requirement for spending time in the wilderness. It’s also a sport and a source of competition. We’ll learn about orienteering, and along the way ...

• In orienteering, participants choose routes between points marked on a highly detailed map; there are a dozen or so points on an advanced course. • Each point is called a “control.” It’s a distinct ...

The sport of orienteering, which simultaneously combines exercise with challenging navigation, may be better for the brain than exercise alone, according to new research from kinesiologists at ...

The sport of orienteering, which draws on athleticism, navigational skills and memory, could be useful as an intervention or preventive measure to fight cognitive decline related to dementia, ...

Area residents can get an introduction to the sport of orienteering through a "Navigation: Orienteering for Beginners" class offered by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. "Orienteering is ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (April 6, 2016) -- Give Capt. Jordan Laughlin a map and a compass, and he can probably get you from Point A to Point B faster than anybody else on post. That is, if you can keep up ...

The sport of orienteering, which draws on athleticism, navigational skills and memory, could be useful as an intervention or preventive measure to fight cognitive decline related to dementia, ...

Emma Waddington, lead author of the study, with Jennifer Heisz, Canada Research Chair in Brain Health and Aging at McMaster who supervised the research. Hamilton, ON, May 27,2024 – The sport of ...