🧭 Nav Challenge 1 – Comeraghs 2025 🏞️

Test your map & compass navigation skills in the stunning Comeragh Mountains. No GPS, no marked routes – just you, your map, and the open mountain.

📅 Date: Saturday, 30th August 2025
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Powers the Pot Camping & Caravan Site, Co. Waterford (E91 F782)
🅿️ Parking available (€2+ donation for facilities)

🏔 Race Details

✅ Distance: ~15 km (long) / ~8–9 km (short)
✅ Climb: 600 m (long) / 300–400 m (short)
✅ Difficulty: 🔴 Grade 9 – Difficult terrain, >500 m ascent, >10 km
🚩 Route Marking: None – navigation required
❌ GPS: Not allowed (only for emergencies → non-competitive result)
🏆 League: Navigational Challenge

🎽 Mandatory Kit – Level C (Advanced)

Waterproof jacket with hood & taped seams 🧥

Waterproof full leg cover 🚶‍♂️

Hat/buff & gloves 🧢🧤

Whistle 📢

Mobile phone (charged, emergency number stored) 📱

Foil blanket/bivvy bag 🛑

Minimum 500 mL water 💧

Emergency food 🍫

Map & compass 🗺️🧭

⚠️ Bring your own EastWest 1:25,000 Comeragh map + baseplate compass.

💰 Entry

🔹 Opens: Monday 25th August 2025, 09:00
🔹 Closes: Friday 29th August 2025, 18:00
💵 Cost: €7 (seniors) | €5 (O65s & U18s)
🚫 Juniors (<18): Not permitted

📋 Format

Collect a list of map coordinates & control descriptions

Plot your course using map & compass

Locate 9 controls (long course ~15 km / 600 m) or 5 controls (short course ~8–9 km / 300–400 m)

Controls marked with orange/white orienteering kites (use punch card)

Course time limit: 4 hours (back by 4 PM)

🌄 The Challenge

This is an old-school mountain navigation event – pure map & compass.
Expect heather, peat, rough upland, sheep, and maybe mist!
No fences/walls to cross, no GPS to rely on.
Just you, your wits, and the open Comeragh landscape.

✨ First Nav Challenge in Munster in years – come test your navigation, endurance, and mountain sense!