Georgia O-Fest 2020
Georgia Orienteering Club

Embargo Information

  • Bert Adams Scout Reservation -- June 1, 2019
  • Camp Rutledge Map at Hard Labor Creek State Park -- June 1, 2019
  • Lake Rutledge Beach Map at Hard Labor Creek State Park -- June 1, 2019 (Blue and Red courses only)

Friday Jan 17 -- Bert Adams Scout Reservation

  • Sanctioned Middle Distance National Ranking Event
  • Previous Bert Adams Scout Reservation map here

Saturday Jan 18 and Sunday Jan 19 -- Camp Rutledge, Hard Labor Creek State Park

  • Sanctioned Classic Distance National Ranking Events
  • GNC awards for OUSA classes based on best 2 of 3 National Ranking Event scores
  • SEIS awards for individuals and teams
  • Camp Rutledge maps here and here

    Lake Rutledge Beach maps here and here and here

Navigator Cup Scoring

  • Daily score is based on winner receiving 1,000 points
  • Everyone else receives points based on formula (1,000 times winner's time divided by their time)
  • Overall awards based on the sum of the best 2 of 3 National Ranking Event scores

Monday Jan 20 -- Camp Rutledge, Hard Labor 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
  • 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 rope bridges are traditional
  • Puzzles and mazes have been included too
  • Mandatory Extreme-O meeting to be held after Sunday awards

    Previous Extreme-O photos courtesy of our friends at Vulcan Orienteering from 2014, 2015, 2017
    More 2017 Extreme-O photos