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, ...

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 ...

Dee Boeck is quite a runner. Boeck, president of local club Run Lawrence, has been running competitively for close to three decades and has more age-group victories than even she probably can count.

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, ...

“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 ...

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 ...