“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 ...

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 ...

With a map tucked under his arm and a compass held out at waist level, Scott Smith of East Rowan High School twists the compass dial until the hollow, arrow-shaped indicator lines up with the red ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Frisco – Missing for four days in a rugged section of the Roosevelt National Forest, Terry and Marion Jones emerged unharmed at the Big South Trailhead to ...

If your Geeklings are getting tired of Geocaching, and you're looking for something a little more challenging for them, then it's time you gave some thought to Orienteering. The basic idea of the ...

Residents who want to get their bearings in the new year might want to check out an orienteering activity that Trout Lake Nature Center in Eustis is putting on at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Orienteering is a ...

WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK — Orienteering can be frustrating, especially for a middle-age guy with bad eyes and a bum knee like me. But the organizers of this meet assured me that even an old-timer ...

Orienteering is all about finding your way through unknown areas, which requires you to make quick decisions based on the ...

It’s Geek Dad Unwired Week, so lets go on a treasure hunt. Leave the GPS behind because for Unwired Week we’re going to go old school and use a compass. Don’t have a compass? Well then head to the ...