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Quick Guide to Orienteering
Looking for a new challenge? Try orienteering, a cross-country running sport that emphasizes map-reading and the ability to make good decisions under physically challenging conditions. In its standard form, the sport involves sprinting with map and compass in hand, navigating between remote checkpoints placed by a course-setter.

Georgia Orienteering Clubs and Events

The Georgia Orienteering Club
Address: 1720 South Lumpkin St., Athens, GA 30606
Information: Web site
This club hosts an annual event open to everyone today at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs. No advance registration is required. Info: 770-775-6584.

Blue Star Complex
Address: 355 Balboa Ct., Atlanta
Phone: 404-256-0028
Contact name: Fred Zendt

U.S. Orienteering Federation
Address: P.O. Box 1444, Forest Park, GA 30051
Phone: 404-363-2110
For information on scheduled events, check out http://www.us.orienteering.org.
 

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