Courses Coming Up

Courses Coming Up:

Navigation Skills 1

Saturday 12th June PLACES AVAILABLE

Yoga course every tue morning and afternoon PLACES AVAILABLE

Bootcamp 8 week course every monday @ 7.30pmPLACES AVAILABLE

Pilates every Thursday @ 6.30pm, 7.3opm or 8.30pm and friday mornings 9.45am or 10.45amPLACES AVAILABLE



Email jennykilbride@outdoorevolution.ie to book a place
Outdoor Evolution Navigation Courses for Adventure Racers, Hill Runners, Walkers and Orienteers

Venue: Outdoor Evolution, Blessington, Co.Wicklow and Surrounding Hills

Cost: 35 euros

Next Nav 1 Course: Saturday 12th June PLACES AVAILABLE

To Book a Place email: jennykilbride@gmail.com

NAVIGATION SKILLS 1

What does it involve?
Get ready for next season with a hands on navigation course and training day run by some of Ireland's most active navigators. The course will involve a brief classroom session in the morning followed by 6 hours of practical navigation and training on the hills around Blessington. Topics to be covered include:
Route Choice - Clever tips on how to find the fastest way around a course
Feature Recognition
Contours
Relief and Slope
Compass Bearings
Estimating Distances
Symbols
Pacing
Decision Making - when not to go for a control

So if you've always wanted to learn to navigate or are looking to improve your existing skills then this is the course for you. Its also a chance to get in a bit of training with a good day out on the hills!! Take control of your own journey and learn to navigate well.

NAVIGATION SKILLS 2

If you have already completed navigation skills 1 or feel that you are ready to jump straight into more advanced navigation instruction then this is the course for you. The nav 2 course will provide a more detailed look at some of the topics covered in the nav 1 course including:

Feature Recogntition
Pacing
Timing
Compass Work

As well as covering some new topics:


Minute Feature Recognition
Reentrants
Small Ridges
Corries/Lakes
Open Space Navigation
Rough Terrain
Accurrately Determining Position

As with the nav 1 course, the nav 2 course will be a mixture of classroom based instruction and practical instruction on the hills around Blessington.




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