Dorn Van Dommelen Mike Malvik, trailing his competitors, and on the verge of overtime disqualification pulled out all the stops on the final leg and scored a home run from high on the Ball Field. As the rest of the 30+ field limped to sore footed finishes at Glen Alps in another installment of Steve and Bill’s most … Read more
Run through the hills like sheep this Saturday for Bill and Steve’s Mountain Sore (not Score)-O, a mini-rogaine in the Front Range of the Chugach. Controls have been set far, wide and high with participants choosing to reach as many as they can in their choice of three durations: one hour, three hours and five … Read more
About 20 stalwart orienteers participated in tonight’s sprint training. Everyone enjoyed the “all-you-can-orienteer” format and many ran multiple courses. Courses included two short sprints, two longer sprints, a traditional sprint finale, and a “no map” course. The bravest souls chose that map first. They had one minute to memorize their routes and then off they … Read more
Get ready for the Sprints! Wednesday, August 13th, 5-7 p.m. outside UAA’s Beatrice McDonald Hall. Parking is free. There will be a number of practice courses on the UAA map for sprint practice including a few short ones, some of moderate length, and one full sprint course. Run on one or more of these courses … Read more
Summer is winding down and our orienteering season is about to go through its annual transformation. We’re sorry that the last traditional meet was cancelled, but we’ve packed a lot into the season already with eight traditional meets, including one nationally ranked event, and several other great meets. In addition, we’re soon to have the … Read more
Hey Alaska Orienteers! Three Alaska courses from 2024 have been nominated in the international 2024 Course of the Year competition on the World of O site. There are over 50 courses nominated, but the voting is open and our courses need your help to win! Look for Cory’s Sprint Series Opener at Earthquake Park, Regan’s … Read more
In the Van Dommelen family, the holidays come with a lot of board games. If only there were a board game that celebrated orienteering!
About 20 orienteers came out on Thursday to select the worst orienteering of the year. It was a fun, raucous activity (or at least boisterous – we are a bunch of geeky orienteers), and we all got the chance to laugh with and at each other. In the end, three orienteers made it past the … Read more
Remember that time it took you forever to find a control? Was it you or was it a mistake by the meet director? That control was total BS and pretty much ruined your night of orienteering. But have no fear, we can still turn your misery into a bit of orienteering fun. On Thursday, November … Read more
The 2024 Arctic Orienteering Sprint Series ended with an exciting, if somewhat rainy finale. The last event was a pursuit and since we mixed things up a bit this year and had three separate pursuits, I’ve listed the final order that racers would have come in if it had been an all-out pursuit race: Scott … Read more