Need tips for BSLC Exercise Gypsy and Wanderer!!
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I going NAVEX soon. But this time round, our NAVEX are conducted in Lower Mandai, no more P.Tekong... Just like to know points and pointers to do well in NAVEX... THANKS!!!
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try not to pack so much rations...biscuits are enuff...hide some ciggarettes..they help too...
btw...
trust in ure equipment...but sometimes map is outdated....
mainly..trust ure equipment....
take note of the ground u are walking on correlates with that in ure map....
take a rest if u are tired....ppl horlan bcos they are exhausted....
when going from one checkie to another...dont talk too much....concentrate...
and try to stay near paths....
i practically did wanderer walking on paths...but listening out for vehicles and looking out for instructor OPs...
sometimes the longer route is the faster route once u take terrain into consideration... -
Get a GPS set. It is invaluable. You can definitely get a signal in the forest because there are always tracks and clearings. You might have to wait a while, but use it to rest then.
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wah get a GPS set from CQ? or buy yourself??
Tot issused GPS is for safety reasons?? -
Nah Beh La! Of course you buy yourself! How is it logical to allow you to use GPS during Navex!
Just dun let them see -
mandai is fun. hahah
just use what they taught you + a little luck
beware of thorns if looking for checkpoint near the bank of the big reservoir
apply lotsa insect repellant
pray no rain. -
hard not to rain especially during the monsoon season,try to becareful i would say if it rains.Originally posted by 12qwaszx:mandai is fun. hahah
just use what they taught you + a little luck
beware of thorns if looking for checkpoint near the bank of the big reservoir
apply lotsa insect repellant
pray no rain.
I do remember fondly when i entered Lower Mandai for topography, i entered the "Lost World" Palm trees with thorns long and thick, hanging over the trunk.
Undulating terrain all ard, one thing to take note, if your lost are you ppl start meeting ard in a pool like area, more like a pond, chances your in the center of the training area, so you may want to reference that and contiune your way ard again.
Its tough but fun in my opinion . Remember to telt your map properly, so that you can do your plotting and allow you to backtrack,smuggle in some CV food like mars bars, coke, 100+,rootbeer etc ... -
Mandai is actually easier than Tekong.
Tekong checkpoints for SISPEC are meant to kill you!!! and too many previous batches sabo you one. Alot of checkpoints missing but the PCs will always tell you it exists.
Mandai checkpoints straightforward. I dunno if you will be given orthophoto, but if you know Mandai well, there's lots of short cuts that is not on the map. but those short cuts are really very usuful. -
erm..if i'm not wrong, SISPEC bravo is doing the sign boards for your navex..i saw them drying the sign boards today..its totally new..the words and numerical codes r not engraved yet..so its not the standard mandai navex..its a new sispec navex ba..
aniwae i agree that the ones in tekong is meant to kill. i spent 4hrs looking for a checkpoint..and when i was there in the afternoon i met a group who has the same checkpoint, but its their 1st n they have been searching since morning..lol..