A Geek with Tennis Shoes

"A Wilderness Scavenger Hunt"
"Running While Playing Chess"

"Orienteering" is an obscure land navigation contest started in Scandinavia a century ago, combines hiking, trail running, Easter Egg hunting and the ability to decode lines on a topo map while on the run and dodging tree branches and ruts in the road. The objective is to navigate by map, compass and your wits to find a series of "control markers" (hidden by the event staff before a race) and make it back to the starting point before the next guy. Or before your previous best time. Or… at all.

A new sport! I'll let you know how it goes after my first meet on Dec. 11!