| What is a Rogaine, you ask? A Rogaine is an | | | | reentrants, caves, etc. Or it might just be a USGS |
| orienteering event where a team of 2 or more people | | | | topographic map. I hope it's an orienteering map |
| set out to find check points given to them on a map. | | | | because you'll have some features to hone in on |
| The organizers of the race set "controls", which most | | | | when you get close to the control. Using just an topo |
| people would call check points, at various places on a | | | | map, you may not have much more than an elevation |
| rugged outdoor course. The teams must find these | | | | line. And altimeters are not allowed. |
| controls using their wits, skill, a map and compass. | | | | The strategy is to determine which controls on this |
| But it takes more than just the ability to use a | | | | course you're going to get, in what order, how you're |
| compass to complete a Rogaine. Suppose you're | | | | going to get there and how you're going to get back to |
| standing at the edge of a forest and are given a map | | | | the start before the time runs out. Getting back is very |
| that shows an area 5 miles wide by 5 miles long. On | | | | important or you'll lose points. Some races start to take |
| the map is an "X". You must find a control that is no | | | | away controls for each minute you are late. |
| bigger than a standard pillow that occupies that "x". If | | | | Unlike an orienteering event, there is no prescribed |
| you can do that, you get whatever points are allotted | | | | course - that's the strategy. And it doesn't matter who |
| to that control. | | | | gets back first. The goal is get the most points and get |
| Your Rogaine map may be like an orienteering map | | | | back before the cut off. |
| with features called out like rocks, trees, gulleys, | | | | |