PETALUMA — This summer, Erin Schirm will take 14 teenagers to Europe for two months and coach them in competitions that draw thousands of spectators and garner substantial media coverage. Then he will ...

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 ...

Kristian Jones is the Welsh athlete looking to map out his international future this weekend. The Swansea Harriers runner hopes his orienteering background will help him in his Great Britain debut on ...

Kristian Jones has lowered his 10,000m best this season to 29:05.66 Kristian Jones is the Welsh athlete looking to map out his international future this weekend. The Swansea Harriers runner hopes his ...

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, ...

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 ...