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Orienteering In Alaska

Orienteering In Alaska

Welcome to the website of the Arctic Orienteering Club, based in Anchorage, Alaska. Orienteering is the sport of cross country navigation using map and compass. To some it is a competitive race while to others it is a chance to get out and explore the countryside, challenge the mind, and enjoy the company. Either way, you are welcome to participate. Training is part of our purpose, and beginners and young people are encouraged to take part.

The Arctic Orienteering Club is a sanctioned club of Orienteering USA and is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

Elmendorf Meet Update

Starts from 5:00 to 7:00 pm (NOT 4pm as previously advertised). All must finish before 9:00 pm.

If you preregistered through the Arctic Orienteering website or at the last meet and have your valid Alaska Drivers license, you should be able to enter through the Boniface gate.

If you did not preregister, you will have to find alternate permission to enter and attend the meet.

The meet is near Hillberg ski area on Elmendorf. Once through the Boniface gate watch for and follow the controls leading to the start.

Depressions and low clearings are very wet with standing water.

JBER Wildlife reports several bear sightings on base. We have seen bears in this area in previous year’s meets. Plan accordingly.

Karl and Kathy’s Valley-O

Karl and Kathy’s Valley-O
Crevasse Moraine May 15, 2013

Several hardy souls braved wind and predicted flurries and tough terrain to compete at Crevass Moraine O Meet in Palmer.

White Course (1.8K, 8 controls)

1. Jennifer and Andrew Harmon 41:00; 2. James Family 49:00; 3. Jeff Stroke and Susie Terwilliger 55:00; 4. Steve Sandberg 1:37:00

Yellow Course (2.5K, 10 controls)

1. Jen Jolliff and Springer Moore 1:23:00; 2. Stephanie Kesler 1:44:00

Orange Course (5.3K, 10 controls)

1.Joyce Goodell 2:20:00; DNF G.Bergeron, M. Anderson, K. Hull

Green Course (5.5K, 10 controls)

1. Dan Billman 1:25:00; 2. Art Harmon 1:28:00; 3. Ann Billman 1:42:00; 4. Eric Follett 1:44:00; 5. Jill Follett 2:04:00; DNF P.Hutter, K Bronga, T Bronga

Red Course (7.5K, 14 controls)

1. Ian Moore 1:18:00; 2. Lars Spurkland 1:41:00; 3. Mike Robinson 2:33:00; DNF Darren Hull

Compare results on Route Gadget

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Volunteers Needed for Girl Scout Orienteering

girlsouts_akDela Grey, one of our Arctic Orienteering officers is looking for volunteers to teach girl scouts how to orienteer. The Girl Scout Encampment is being held at Palmer Fairgrounds on Saturday, June 8th. Dela has committed to running two sessions of training for the girls which would include setting up a course around the fairground buildings. Any help would be greatly appreciated. You don’t have to be a pro, just enthusiastic! The sessions would be as follows:

Morning: 9:30 – 11:45
Afternoon: 2:15 – 4:30

Please contact Dela (georangerdel@yahoo.com) directly if you have time to help with this.

Big-O at Kincaid

Jill and Joyce’s Big-O meet
Kincaid Park May 8, 2013

The Score-O format meet started at the chalet, with bluebird skies and extremely soggy trails. Points were based on number and difficulty of controls visited within one hour. The highest scoring male finisher was Regan Sarwas with 870 points. The top female was Karen Bronga with 570 points. The first place team was Eric and Logan Follett with 390 points.

Men

1) Regan Sarwas 870; 2) Brian Durell 810; 3) Dan Billman 650; 4) Tom Bronga 620; 5) Mike Robinson 580; 6) Kaleb Desjarlais 470; 7) Philip Stuzer 410; 8) Barry Bruninga 280; 9) (tie) Marty Beckwith 180 and John Fritz 180; 10) Austin Desjarlais 80; 11) Bryce Desjarlais 50

Women

1) Karen Bronga 570; 2) Stephanie Kesler 320; 3) (tie) Annie Luck 280 and Ruth Kvernplassen 280;

Teams

1) Logan and Eric Follett 390; 2) Cindy Norquest, Siena Noffsinger, Sultana Noffsinger 290; 3) Seth, Jackson, and Brady Burris 200; 4) Cory, Talia and Hatcher Smith 80; 5) Greta Yarbrough and Tim Rooney 70; 6) Liang-Junn Wang and Ethan Machado 10.

Do you have feedback on this meet? Please let us know!

Pre-registration Required for Upcoming Events

ExclamationPoint-main_Full As a condition of land use, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and Eklutna Native Corporation (Mirror Lake) require us to submit participant personal information to them. Every adult (18 or older) must pre-register 6 days before the event in order to participate.  You can pre-register once for all events with our fast and easy on-line form.  The deadline for the first event is May 16, 2013, so do not delay. Register today!

For those clever individuals out there who would like to reuse last year’s signup sheet, you are out of luck.  The military wants birth dates this year, and we did not collect them last year.  Sorry.

Training Cancelled

cancelledBummer!  Due to the late thaw, we are postponing the advanced field training scheduled for Monday, May 6th.  We will try to reschedule this training for later in the summer, but at this point we do not have a date set.  The other advanced field training will still be held as scheduled.  We will update the schedule as soon as we have a date, so check back often.  Thanks for your understanding.

Agenda for April 24, 2013 Board Meeting

The board will be meeting Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm at Bill Johnson’s House. All Club members are welcome.

  1. Call to order
  2. Old business
    1. Website: prior to next board meeting, you all should review and provide feedback on new website: http://oalaska.org/Blog/
      1. Decision whether we should go live with the new website
    2. Mapping 2013 (Toby)
    3. Fund raising (Dan) – tabled for June board meeting.
    4. SAR discussion (Chris)
    5. Land access (Dela)
  3. New business
    1. OUSA liability insurance requirement (Jill and Mike)
    2. Girl scouts of Alaska encampment (June 7th & 8th) (Dela)
    3. Generic o-club email address (Regan)
    4. Online membership system (Toby)
    5. Homer Wilderness Education request (Trond)
    6. Kevin Dee of the Homer Wilderness Education (see http://ageya.org) would like help with orienteering training and orienteering meet directing.
  4. Next meeting
  5. Adjourn