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Navigation Clinic - Race Format

Harriman State Park, NY
10 March 2007

 

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. PLEASE SEE THE CALENDAR FOR FUTURE EVENTS.


Sponsored by Hammer Gel

Time to get off the couch and go frolic in the woods! NYARA’s Land Navigation II clinic is set for March 10 and will be held in a race format. That’s right-come out and test your navigation skills against the mighty, mighty Harriman State Park and size yourself up against the competition. This is a perfect opportunity to test your fitness level and to find out if all that hard winter training has paid off.

Learning map skills


Event Details

Disciplines

  • Navigation
  • Trekking / Mountain Running

Date

10 March 2007

Location

Kanawauke Circle Parking Lot in Harriman State Park


From South: I-87 Exit 15A to Rt 17 North. Go about 2.5 mi into Sloatsburg. Turn Right (at light) onto Seven Lakes Drive. Go about 7 mi to Kanawaukee Circle. Go around to 3rd Exit and turn onto Rt 106 West. Go 0.3 mi to the Kanawaukee Circle parking lot.


From North: Bear Mountain Bridge to Rt 6 West to the Long Mountain (Queensboro) Circle to Seven Lakes Drive South. Stay on Seven Lakes Drive about 7 mi (through Tiorati circle) to the Kanawaukee Circle. Take 1st Exit to Rt 106 West and go 0.3 mi to the Kanawaukee Circle parking lot.

Start Time

10:00am

Duration

6 hrs

Price

NYARA Members (Must show Membership Card)

$15

Non-members

$30

Clinic Contact

Denise Mast

Registration

 

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. PLEASE SEE THE CALENDAR FOR FUTURE EVENTS.

 

Register online for this clinic here. Registration closes: March 9, 2007 11:59 AM Pacific Time

Gear List

NYARA will provide maps for this clinic; upon completion you can keep the map. Navigation will require dead reckoning with terrain association.

Mandatory

  • Compass
  • Whistle (around neck)
  • Small first aid kit
  • Food and water for 4 hrs of activity
  • Military protractor and pen
    If you need a military protractor they will be sold onsite for $5)

Recommended

  • Gaiters
  • Map pens or highlighters
  • Ruler
  • Light hiker/AR shoes
  • Waterproof map case
  • Blister kit
  • An electronic map measurer

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