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Which of these classic orienteering courses best fits you?

	WHITE course -- Follows mostly trails. Ideal for youngsters and anyone who isn’t comfortable with reading a road map yet. Typically 2-3 km long.
	YELLOW course -- Takes you off of the trails but follows helpful linear features. A good course for the beginning adult. Typically 2-4 km long.
	ORANGE course -- Takes you out “into the forest.” For the orienteer who is very comfortable with off-trail travel on topographic maps and has intermediate orienteering skills. Typically 4-5 km long.
	GREEN/RED course -- Takes you into difficult, complex, and ambiguous terrain. Only for orienteers with advanced skills. Typically 4-6 km (Green) and 5-8 km long (Red).
	BROWN course -- Same technical skills required as Red/Green. For older and other advanced orienteers who desire an easier-to-read map scale and tamer physical obstacles. Shorter in length than Green.
	BLUE course -- Same technical skills required as Red/Green. For young adults and other advanced orienteers who want a longer course than Red.
	TUCSON MOTALA -- For the advanced orienteer who wants to go the ultra distance. Combines the Yellow, Orange, and Red courses in the order you want. Typically 11-17 km long.

Free Try-O Event -- September 19, 2010

Written by Ludwig Hill

September 19, 2010

In conjunction with National Orienteering Day and the Sprints at Reid Park, the Tucson Orienteering Club will be offering free recreational orienteering for the public and for non-member children, relatives, and friends.

Sprint Orienteering in Reid Park on National Orienteering Day

Written by Mark Everett

September 19, 2010 -- Courses and meet direction by Mark Everett.

Update (9/1/10): Pre-register here!

I will set two sprint* orienteering courses in one of Tucson's largest city parks. Reid Park is grassy, full of trees, picnic grounds, sports fields, an outdoor theatre, the city zoo, duck ponds, and an assortment of unusual features that make it a good place for summer orienteering (while wearing shorts). Tucson Orienteering Club is joining other clubs across the country on this weekend in a special effort to introduce orienteering to newcomers. This is a good time and place to recruit people you know to orienteering and help the club gain new members!

* ["Sprint" does not mean that you need to be a runner to compete. It means a short course in an urban or park-like setting. -- Editor]

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