I know loads of orienteers who met their other half through the sport. It does seem to be a good place for introverted, intelligent geeky types to meet "similar", and has a fairly even sex ratio and good age mix.
Has anyone here met their other half orienteering?
Has anyone become an orienteer to try and meet someone?
I meet far more fanciable blokes orienteering than through any of my other hobbies.
Despite the dayglo pyjama tops and obsessional nature of many participants does the sport have a sexy underside?
How many folk met their partner orienteering?
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
I met my hubby, inherited 4 children, then started orienteering to get away from him. The children come with me, and I haven't lost them yet, but there are a few lads my eldest step daughter likes - maybe partners of the future
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
an alternative question. "How many folk lost their partner because of orienteering?"
For every winner, there are dozens of losers. Odds are you're one of them.
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
Met my wife on the ferry to the Irish 3 day - 16 years on and 2 kids later - knew I should have gone to the Tamar Triple instead .
The kids started going to orienteering events as soon as they were born, so always had lots of "aunts" and "uncles" to look after them while we were running and knew no better than to play in muddy fields for hours on end, making new friends etc, and now enjoy the orienteering events just as much as we do these days.
The kids started going to orienteering events as soon as they were born, so always had lots of "aunts" and "uncles" to look after them while we were running and knew no better than to play in muddy fields for hours on end, making new friends etc, and now enjoy the orienteering events just as much as we do these days.
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
Met my wife on the ferry to the Irish 3 day - 16 years on and 2 kids later - knew I should have gone to the Tamar Triple instead .
The kids started going to orienteering events as soon as they were born, so always had lots of "aunts" and "uncles" to look after them while we were running and knew no better than to play in muddy fields for hours on end, making new friends etc, and now enjoy the orienteering events just as much as we do these days.
The kids started going to orienteering events as soon as they were born, so always had lots of "aunts" and "uncles" to look after them while we were running and knew no better than to play in muddy fields for hours on end, making new friends etc, and now enjoy the orienteering events just as much as we do these days.
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
no, punting
wasn't looking where I was going as usual
wasn't looking where I was going as usual
orthodoxy is unconsciousness
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
Right, I've saved the sport. Here's how.
OrienteeringMatch.com
Non-orienteers of the world, this is a dating site that, when people say they aren't fat, they mean it. Well, err, mostly. Personal hygene not always guarenteed though.
Orienteers of the the world, get working on your personal profiles.
Then all RDO's can retire as the next generation is manufactured.
Sorted.
OrienteeringMatch.com
Non-orienteers of the world, this is a dating site that, when people say they aren't fat, they mean it. Well, err, mostly. Personal hygene not always guarenteed though.
Orienteers of the the world, get working on your personal profiles.
Then all RDO's can retire as the next generation is manufactured.
Sorted.
For every winner, there are dozens of losers. Odds are you're one of them.
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
rebbid wrote: Personal hygene not always guarenteed though.
nor dress sense
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
have just about hung on to my partner, despite orienteering.
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
Developing the dating theme, there could be a new form of speed dating. Various potential partners are scattered in bars across London, positions mapped onto the London city race map. The aim would be for orienteers to visit potential parners and get as many phone numbers as possible.
Big groan alert.
This would be called a score event. Potential partners would be given a technical difficulty TD1 to TD5 according to their notwantingtotouchanorienteerwithabargepoleness, giving the usual number of controls verses quality of control problem expected at score events.
It would never work though. It would take 2 days to organise the event and 15 years to agree the event guidelines and technical difficulty classification.
Big groan alert.
This would be called a score event. Potential partners would be given a technical difficulty TD1 to TD5 according to their notwantingtotouchanorienteerwithabargepoleness, giving the usual number of controls verses quality of control problem expected at score events.
It would never work though. It would take 2 days to organise the event and 15 years to agree the event guidelines and technical difficulty classification.
For every winner, there are dozens of losers. Odds are you're one of them.
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
I really like the idea Rebbid - I think it has great potential - however it's not so much the technical difficulty that would be the talking point - but the Physical Difficulty - any idea what level you would expect?
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
rebbid wrote:Potential partners would be given a technical difficulty TD1 to TD5 according to their....
...ability to hide??
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
rebbid wrote: .
It would never work though. It would take 2 days to organise the event and 15 years to agree the event guidelines and technical difficulty classification.
surely as its an 'orienteering activity' it does not have to fit into any pre-existing event structure or race format guidelines and TD classifications can be entirely at the organisers discretion - or how much you pay them .
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Re: How many folk met their partner orienteering?
Mrs H wrote:I really like the idea Rebbid - I think it has great potential - however it's not so much the technical difficulty that would be the talking point - but the Physical Difficulty - any idea what level you would expect?
Re-use existing orienteering symbols
Yellow = open (eye candy)
Light yellow = rough open (chav eye candy)
Green = walk (away)
Light green = slow run
White = run
Dark Green = fight (event held on Barry Island).
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