Improvers Navigation for Adventure Races
Info: New entries for this event closed on Thursday 30th January 2025.
| Entry Fee | €55.00 |
Learn the skills required to navigate over the hills with confidence. Aimed primarily (but not exclusively) at Mountain Runners and Adventure Racers seeking the freedom to break away from marked trails to train in new places, enter races requiring navigation, Mountain Marathons, Adventure Races and ultimately take on such challenges as the Wicklow Round.
This will be a step-by-step walk through of the basics of navigating. The concepts and skills of finding your way will be broken into steps, each building up to give you confidence in your skills.
Location: Laragh, Co Wicklow
Date: Sunday Feb 2nd , 2025.
Training lead: Paul Nolan of 1StepMore
Start – finish time: 9am to 3pm
Places limited to 6.
Cost: €55 per person.
What to expect on the day.
- Maps. How to read them, trust them, distrust them then grow to love them.
- Route choice. How to pick the route that works best with your strengths.
- Re-location. What to do when you expect the ground to rise but it is falling.
- Compasses. Why they are not scary and not really that important when you love maps.
- Contours. The most important lines you’ll ever meet when on the hills.
- The 3 key words. You’ll have to come along to find them out.
Please bring along whatever maps you have and warm / waterproof clothing suitable for walking with plenty of standing around in the outdoors.
Ideally everyone should have a copy of East West Glendalough and Lugnaquilla Map.
Purchase Map at local outdoor retailer or HERE – https://eastwestmapping.ie/product/lugnaquilla-glendalough-2/
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