If Hansel and Gretel had known orienteering, they wouldn't have needed bread crumbs. Catherine Roberts and Mary Joscelyn looked for markers in an orienteering competition. Orienteering sends competitors over a course in unfamiliar territory.
Participants say the sport shapes up the body and sharpens the mind.
They may run like heck but have no idea where they are. If you run too fast, you can't think clearly. But the sport is no simple walk in the forest. Now until early June is high season for the 137-member Southeast Michigan Orienteering Club, one of 70 such clubs nationwide. At its most basic, orienteering is finding your way from point to point in an outdoor setting with the help of a map and compass, and trying to get there before anyone else.