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Spring break beginner orienteering do-it-yourself course
  • Topic created by chand on Fri Mar 26, 2021 at 2:35 pm
    Christopher Hand (chand)
    chand
    Num Posts: 135
    Primary Club: WPOC
    Fav map: French Creek Central
    First O: 2007
    http://hats4toads.com/public/spring%20_break_2021_mckaig.pdf

    From now till Easter Sunday April 4th, there's a white/yellow orienteering course set up in the McKaig Nature Center in King of Prussia.

    Real orienteering flags.

    No punches ; bring a pen to write down the codes at the controls.    [Spoiler alert - codes in order from 31 - 41 are T-H-E-B-I-G-P-A-R-K-! ]


    Free to download the map and do the course.



    This is part of a bigger do-it-yourself thing for school ages kids at:   https://www.enjoymckaig.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&&item_id=1410659

    There's some new beginner level geocaches, some scavenger hunts, etc.

    Doing the orienteering course by itself is free for DVOA peoples since it's using DVOA's map.


  • Reply by camperpat on Fri Mar 26, 2021 at 2:59 pm
    Pat Burton (camperpat)
    camperpat
    Num Posts: 352
    Primary Club: DVOA
    Fav map: Hibernia
    First O: 1999
    do we have to pre register or just show up  any time any day?
  • Reply by chand on Fri Mar 26, 2021 at 7:47 pm
    Christopher Hand (chand)
    chand
    Num Posts: 135
    Primary Club: WPOC
    Fav map: French Creek Central
    First O: 2007
    Just print the map and go anytime 
  • Reply by jjkalicki27 on Tue Mar 30, 2021 at 10:05 pm
    John J Kalicki (jjkalicki27)
    jjkalicki27
    Num Posts: 14
    Primary Club: DVOA
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    First O: 0
    Just wanted to thank you for all the work in this. Did it this morning. Had a blast. Never knew this gem was even there. Thanks again.
  • Reply by chand on Tue Apr 6, 2021 at 8:01 pm
    Christopher Hand (chand)
    chand
    Num Posts: 135
    Primary Club: WPOC
    Fav map: French Creek Central
    First O: 2007
    @jjkalicki27 - glad to hear it - it's a great place

    I had 11 flags in obvious spots for 10 days and nobody moved/took the flags thankfully.

    Flags are now taken down.
  • Reply by kathyu on Sat Apr 10, 2021 at 11:46 am
    Kathy Urban (kathyu)
    kathyu
    Num Posts: 671
    Primary Club: DVOA
    Fav map: Hickory Run Sand Spring
    First O: 2004
    Thanks for doing this.  Dave and I had nice hikes -- we broke up and I did backwards and he did forwards.
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