Topo Lines for 24 Hours… Orienteering ‘Rogaining Champ’ Race

A thick and hilly forest in Upstate New York played host to an esoteric annual event, the U.S. Rogaining Championships. A Team GJ athlete talks on how he and a partner came away with the win.

Written by Stephen Regenold

4 MIN READ

July 22, 2013 12:24 a.m. EDT

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Squint to see the checkpoints (red circles) on the 2013 U.S. Rogaining Championships’ immense orienteering map

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