Monthly Archives: Aug 2026

Thanks to Isabel for this report For a long time, Jeff and I have been talking about making what feels like every orienteer’s life pilgrimage… a trip to Sweden’s annual O-Ringen orienteering competition.  This year, we finally did it and what an incredible experience it was! O-Ringen is the world’s largest orienteering event – I’dContinue reading “O-Ringen 2026: Gothenburg, Sweden”

Question: What started in southeast Europe nearly 25 years ago and has now spread north and west reaching Ireland for the first time this year?No, not some nasty tick-borne disease, but instead a very nice orienteering event, the OO Cup. It’s a 5 day event held annually. Until 2015 it was always held in SloveniaContinue reading “Outdoor Sanity?”