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Saturday, April 13, 2002
Time for Park O'
It won't be long before we can't really go in the woods around here. Once the leaves come out, the woods get very thick. They also get very unpleasant.
That means it is time for park orienteering.
This summer park orienteering will be especially important for Orienteer Kansas. The U.S. Relay Champs are in September, before the woods around here are useable. So, we'll have to use park orienteering to help us with our technique training.
Karolina Arewang described park orienteering like this, "When it is this short and things are happening all the time, I don't have time to start thinking about anything other than orienteering."
If we train lots of short/fast park orienteering, it should help us stay sharp for the relays.
I'm hoping we can get some park orienteering races (even just informal low-key training sessions) organized. Some of our local maps are suitable for park orienteering. I fieldchecked (a bit rough) a new park orienteering map this winter that I need to finish drafting.
For inspiration, check out a couple of good park orienteering links:
