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Mountain/OMM Practical Navigation - Long Mynd
Info: New bookings for this course are now closed. Limited bookings on the day may be available. Please check with the organiser for details.
Bookings Open
Friday 18th December 2020
Bookings Close
Friday 16th April 2021
Booking Fees
| Booking Fee | £45.00 |
Contact
Course Organiser - Charles Sproson
Phone
07989697487
Mountain/OMM Practical Navigation - Long Mynd | Intermediate to Advanced | Follow up to Online OMM/Mountain Navigation Masterclass
If you have taken part in a Mountain Run Online OMM/Mountain Navigation Masterclass session then this is the practical side to all the theory that you learnt online.
Who's it for?
- Anyone who has under taken the Online OMM/Mountain Navigation Masterclass sessions with Mountain Run
- Runners wanting to develop their Mountain Marathon navigation skills
- Runners who are interested in solo challenges which require good to excellent navigation techniques
- Runners developing their navigation skills from basic/intermediate to a more advanced level
- Anyone wanting to take their navigation to the next level [basic understanding needed]
What to expect?
- A professionally delivered course, designed by Mountain Runners for Mountain Runners.
- 4 hours of on the hill, practical navigation
- Tips and tricks to keep you in contact with the map
- Expert coaches/instructors to learn from
- Elite mountain runners delivering the course, who are extremely passionate and knowledgable about their subject
- Mountain Marathon and/or Orienteering Maps of the area you are training in
What will be covered?
- How to use the techniques of; Hand-railing, collecting and catching features, aiming off and attack points
- How to use and swap between coarse and fine navigation and why we use these techniques
- A further understanding of contour interpretation and how to develop this knowledge.
- Simple tricks and tips to keep you in contact with the map and your surroundings
- Quick re-location skills
- How to read the map whilst on the move using acute and periphery vision
Course date and location:
- Saturday 17th April | Area: Long Mynd | Meeting Time: 09:00
More details at: https://www.mountainrun.co.uk/courses
Other events in this series
| Sat 15 May 21 | Mountain/OMM Practical Navigation |
