Saturday's Ski O' was a super event. The weather was perfect, the snow was outstanding, with excellent courses. Thirty one people participated among the three courses, and even though the early starters had to break trail in deep snow along parts of the routes, everyone came back in smiling. Kudos to Peter Ridlington, who ably and creatively directed the meet, and did yeoman work getting all the controls out in all that snow.

Saturday, February 13th is NMO's annual meeting in the meeting room of REI. We have the room from 10 AM to 1PM. Judy Opsahl will hold a training tutorial on course setting from 10- 11:30, followed by the annual meeting at 11:30, ending by 1:00PM. Bring a sandwich or snack since the meeting will run through the noon hour.

Some 60 people attended last Saturday's (Oct 24) mini-rogaine, including three JROTC groups. If you missed it, you missed a good meet. The weather co-operated wonderfully, the controls were well set, offering a variety of options for two and four hour orienteers, and the only glitch was that a mother bear and cubs decided to hang out near one of the controls, obviously reducing the number of people who went to that control. Adam Talmage Neill and Peter Stillwell were the top scorers with 880 points.

Starts: 10am for 4hr rogaine, 12 noon for 2 hr rogaine

Notes: All participants must be in at 2:00pm to avoid penalties.

Pre-register HERE.

Los Alamos - Rendija Canyon Results

      September 19 2009

Event Director: Una Smith

In Wyoming, at the US Classic O' Championships, Dick Opsahl came in third in the US Champs Men 75-79, and Judy Opsahl is the US Champ in Females 70-74. Congratulations to them both!

Here is a nice introductory video on orienteering from USOF

Location: Los Alamos, Pajarito Trailhead Parking Lot.

Director: Una Smith una.smith@att.net

A reminder to all that we are having two important, separate, but linked O' events this Saturday:

We will be developing our 2010 event schedule soon. Help make 2010 our best season ever by volunteering to be a Meet Director or Co-meet director. Contact Jerry Boyd at wb8wfk@worldnet.att.net