Beginner / Intermediate Orienteering

This posting is mostly piggybacking on another meetup hosted by Galen. See his details in this link:
https://meetu.ps/e/N06qC/MNbMB/i

If you are new to adventure racing (AR), this is a great opportunity to learn & practice basic navigation. if you can navigate & ride a mountain bike, you can do an adventure race. If you have no orienteering experience, checking out sites like https://betterorienteering.org/
is recommended. There's a lot to becoming an expert, but don't be intimidated by that site. You can do this event with very basic skills learned in a few minutes. Galen has training material on hand, & I can help also.

Registration is a bit convoluted.

1. Sign up to this meetup if you want to meet there and talk /ask questions about adventure racing (AR).

2. Sign up to Galen's meetup (link above). When you sign up, there will be a message about paying the organizer directly, but it doesn't automatically take you to the pay site.

3. Click the registration link in the description on Galen's meetup description. That will take you to an external site (not meetup) where you'll sign a waiver & pay for the event. The event in the AR group shows it as free because I'm not charging anything, but it's $20 per person when you register for Galen's event.

Heads up that as of 3/22, Galen mentioned that not many people were fully registered (meetup + waivered & paid), so he may cancel the event unless more people sign up. I think he lost a few people bc the registration process is awkward, so if you manage to get signed up, it's a good sign you'd be decent at AR.

Send me a message if you want to chat about AR while we're there.
What gear do you need? How much does it cost? How hard is it? What's a reentrant? How long are the races? How is AR different from the sport of orienteering? Skills, tips, etc.