Navigation Lesson #1: Nav is King
Navigation Lesson #1: Navigation is King No other skill is as important in adventure racing as navigation. You may blow…
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Navigation Lesson #2: Go Off Bearing
The first rule of navigation is to always know where you are on the map. You can’t get to…
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Navigation Lesson #3: Collect Features
As you begin moving along your planned route to the CP, employ navigation strategy #1: Collect Features. The navigator…
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Navigation Lesson #4: Attack Points
Another navigation strategy is selecting attack points. These are fairly obvious features/locations that you can travel to quickly and…
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Navigation Lesson #5: Handrails
The use of handrails is another navigation strategy that allows teams to move more quickly and with greater accuracy…
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Navigation Lessons #6 & #7: Aiming Off & Catching Features
Navigation Lesson #6 Aiming off is another navigation strategy you can employ. Aiming off means deliberately aiming to one…
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Navigation Lesson #8: Micro-Navigation Route Choice
Navigation Lesson #8: Micro-Navigation Route Choice. Route choice is establishing a planned flow for the race at both a…
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Navigation Lesson #9: Macro-Navigation Route Choice
Navigation Lesson #9: Macro-Navigation Route Choice The last lesson was about micro-navigation, generally on-foot navigation between two checkpoints relatively…