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Photo by Mike Bitton
Members of team Rookie Rampage, plus a few friends, attempt to find their way during a nighttime orienteering meet in Portland's Multnomal Village.
Portland's Multnomah Village neighborhood is so notoriously difficult to navigate, even the locals call it the "Bermuda Triangle." Naturally, the Columbia River Orienteering Club (CROC) decided to use Multnomah Village for an orienteering meet. To make the event even more challenging, they held it in the dark. It's what hard-core orienteering folks call a Night-O.
Members of team Rookie Rampage, plus a few friends, attempt to find their way during a nighttime orienteering meet in Portland's Multnomal Village.
Portland's Multnomah Village neighborhood is so notoriously difficult to navigate, even the locals call it the "Bermuda Triangle." Naturally, the Columbia River Orienteering Club (CROC) decided to use Multnomah Village for an orienteering meet. To make the event even more challenging, they held it in the dark. It's what hard-core orienteering folks call a Night-O.
To entice people to show up for an evening of likely frustration, CROC chose a welcoming start and finish location -- the Lucky Labrador Public House. Many participants opted to buy a slice of the establishment's pizza before the start. Mine came a little late, so I ate my burning hot piece of pepperoni pie as the maps and description sheets were handed out in front of the pub. My mouth was on fire, but my body was already getting cold. We'd signed up to explore the Multnomah Village labyrinth for 90 minutes. It would be good to get moving, and stay moving, during this event.
Soon we chose a loop route that would take us north, west, south and back to the Lucky Lab. Surprisingly, we hit all our desired control points with relative ease. Two that would have required significant back-tracking were bagged via shortcuts on trails that weren't on the map. I admit, shortcuts usually backfire on me, but I had a lucky night!
