If you're interested in why someone who is not very athletic might want to orienteer, see this Hickory selection of photos of Hickory Run State Park by Petr Harmon.

If you're interested in why someone who is very athletic might want to orienteer, Randy Hall writes about running the elite (Blue) course . Click on the link at his blog to see the map. The course shown is about four times the length of the course I did. Incredible. If I'd tried that they'd still be out looking me.