orienteer

/ ˌɔːrɪənˈtɪə /

verb

1. to take part in orienteering

noun

1. a person who takes part in orienteering

Example Sentences

Crawford became a regular marathoner and competitive orienteer.

From New York Times

Using a compass, snowshoes and his background as a cartographer and competitive orienteer, the 61-year-old British artist and a handful of volunteers recently tromped across a frozen reservoir near the ski resort town of Silverthorne, west of Denver, to create a massive, geometrical design on a fresh canvas of snow.

From Washington Times

“It is just this automatic part of his mind,” said Gueorgiou’s girlfriend, Annika Billstam, who is a top orienteer as well.

From New York Times

Students who had balked at conventional fitness programs poured into the forests to race from checkpoint to checkpoint, studying maps, steadying compasses and racing against the orienteer's chief adversary, the clock.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trick," says a top American orienteer, Peter Gagarin, "is to balance between speed and accuracy.

From Time Magazine Archive