Photos: Arctic Orienteering Club's Introduction to Orienteering Class

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First time orienteering participants Trogon Hauser, Scott Hauser, Glenn Steer, Clayton Steer and Quetzal Hauser check their map as they search for a punch station during the Arctic Orienteering Club’s orienteering class at APU on Wednesday, April 29, 2015.

Before sending a bunch of beginners into the woods with a map filled with hieroglyphics and after explaining that a whistle is mandatory in case they got hopelessly lost or attacked by a bear, volunteers from the Arctic Orienteering Club on Wednesday did an expert job of making their sport sound like, well, a walk in the park.

"You don't have to be a runner," explained race co-director Kathy Faryniarz. "I've had both hips replaced so I don't run, but I read a map well and I walk fast. But you don't have to be a runner."

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