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Swedish view of orienteering in the U.S.…

Alternativet posted a PDF of the Swedish O magazine Skogssport from 1972. I took a quick look and was surprised to see an article about orienteering in the U.S. The author is the famous Swedish orienteering racer Gunnar Ohlund. Gunnar and Goran Ohlund had been in the U.S. making maps.…
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The article focuses on mapping at the Philmont scout ranch. Gunnar notes that, by making orienteering

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