Orienteering featured on Outdoor Explorer Radio Show
Listen to club board member Jen Jolliff discuss orienteering with Charles Wolforth and Roman Dial on the June 5, 2014 episode of Outdoor Explorer.
Art’s Excellent-O
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Far North Bicentennial Park Over 80 participants braved the think clouds of mosquitoes and challenging terrain to orienteer on a beautiful sunny day in Bicentennial Park. Volunteers found a dead moose calf on Tuesday near one of the control locations on the Red course. This caused the Meet Director to shorten … Read more
Spurkland, Jolliff Win Earthquake Park Map Debut
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Earthquake Park Over 100 people came out to Earthquake Park to experience the Arctic Orienteering Club’s first traditional meet on our new Earthquake Park map. Competitors braved a few raindrops, a few moose, and more than a few mosquitos while learning the nuances of this amazing new orienteering area. Praise was … Read more
Board Meeting Minutes – April 16, 2014
Arctic Orienteering Club Board Meeting Minutes by Joyce Goodell April 16th, 2014 Before meeting was called to order, Dan and Ann gave a short overview of their recent travel to Portugal and Spain for international orienteering meets. They also let us know of upcoming meets in Tasmania in Jan 2015 for the Oceania Championships, which … Read more
Steve’s Bivouac-O
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Far North Bicentennial Park Approximately 100 people turned out to navigate trails, open forests, and thickets Wednesday evening. Orienteers started and finished at the North Bivouac Trailhead at Mile 2.2 of Campbell Airstrip Road. Participants encountered moose and newborn calves during their forays in the woods. Ian Moore topped all competitors … Read more
Dan & Anne’s Flex-O
Wednesday May 14, 2014 Hillside Park at Abbott Road There were many tight competitions in Wednesday’s orienteering meet on Wednesday evening at Hillside Park. Cory Smith and Jen Joliff won the men’s and women’s competitions in the longest course, respectively. Peter Oswald took Lars Spurkland by just 11 seconds for second place. The orange course … Read more
Big-O
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kincaid Park The Arctic Orienteering Club kicked off its summer season with a meet Tuesday evening in Kincaid Park. Participants located as many controls as possible in one hour under blustery conditions. Bill Spencer scored the most points overall despite a two minute time penalty. Men 1. Bill Spencer 970 2. … Read more
Arctic Orienteering Club Shirts Ready for Orders!
Here is what our shirts will look like, modeled by Dan Billman and produced by the company O21e. I will try to change the color of the bottom margin of Chugach Mountains to either straight gold like the stars, or gold fading down to orange. But what you see is very close to what you’ll … Read more
Jodhpur Spring-O
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Kincaid Park Results from the Jodhpur Spring O at Kincaid Park. Distances are estimated distances traveled by the winners to collect all controls: Long course length 12 kilometers Men 1. Trond Flagstad 44:30 2. Cory Smith 47:39 3. Gary Snyder 50:22 4. Ian Moore 53:46 5. Dan Billman 1:29:35 6. Bill … Read more
Earthquake Park-O
Thursday March 17 2014 Jen and Ian’s Earthquake Park Orienteering Name Found Penalty Total Time Cory Smith 24 0 24 0:42:30 Bill Spencer 24 0 24 0:52:27 Eric Follett 24 0 24 0:59:30 Bill Johnson 24 0 24 1:00:00 Dan Billman 23 0 23 0:55:00 Tom Bronga 23 0 23 0:59:30 Andrew Lee 24 2 … Read more