Embargo Information

• Red Top Mountain State Park south of Iron Hill Parking Lot -- embargoed as of June 1, 2024
• Sweetwater Creek State Park, entire park -- embargoed as of June 1, 2024

Friday - Sunday, Jan 17-19 -- Sweetwater Creek State Park - Model Area

Friday, Jan 17 -- Red Top Mountain State Park - Iron Hill Parking Lot

• Middle Distance National Ranking Event
• One-day, individual event
• Awards for OUSA National Ranking Event classes

Saturday and Sunday, Jan 18 & 19 -- Sweetwater Creek State Park

• Classic Distance National Ranking Events
• Awards for all OUSA classes based on 2-day combined times
• National Championship awards for all OUSA Masters classes based on 2-day combined times
• SE Interscholastic Championship awards for individuals and teams

Monday, Jan 20 -- Sweetwater Creek State Park

• Mal Harding Extreme-O
• Limited to 75 participants
• Long (approx 10km) and short (approx 5km) courses offered
• Great fun for 2- or 3-person teams, but may be done solo
• If you expect to be part of a team, be prepared to come with a team NAME and the E-stick number to be used.
• E-stick punching is required. If you have an e-stick rented from GAOC, please be prepared to return it at download after the Extreme-O.
• Patterned after a three-day military competition held in a member NATO country each year
• Different map styles - orienteering, USGS quad, aerial photos may be used
• Mud, water and crawling are traditional
• Puzzles and mazes have been included too
• Mandatory Extreme-O meeting to be held Sunday, after the awards, at the Group Shelter

Previous Extreme-O photos courtesy of our friends at Vulcan Orienteering from 2018 and 2022