If getting lost in the woods sounds like fun to you, you’d love orienteering. The sport involves navigating through unfamiliar terrain, often in a forest, to locations circled on a detailed ...

Community members who want to celebrate the New Year with an outdoor, physical activity can take advantage of two opportunities to participate in local orienteering events on New Year’s Eve and New ...

Laura Moss is a journalist with more than 15 years of experience writing about science, nature, culture, and the environment. Most people tend to avoid wandering into the woods or unfamiliar terrain, ...

Endurance is key in both speed skating and orienteering. While speed skaters need stamina for prolonged exertion on ice, orienteers must be ready for hours of traversing through diverse terrains. ...

When hundreds of runners sprinted into the night at Kendal Mountain Festival 2025 – maps in hand, headtorches blazing, hearts thumping – they weren’t just racing. They were scheming, plotting, ...

A group of young athletes from the Seattle area took home hardware in a national tournament over the weekend, but this story has nothing to do with March Madness. Members of Maple Valley’s Tahoma ...

When you go for a run, you need a supportive pair of running shoes, some comfortable, sweat-wicking kit and perhaps a GPS running watch if you want to track your stats. You’ll likely follow a known, ...

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, ...

Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis died Tuesday after collapsing during a competition in China on Friday, according to event organizers. He was just 29. The International World Games ...