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PRESS RELEASE (24/04/2014)
Saturday, April 26, a Loano, the first edition of “City of Loano”, organized by the Loanese Committee of the Italian Red Cross under the auspices of the’Department ala Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano.
The non-competitive competition, based on the knowledge of cartography techniques, orientation, use of electronic-cartographic instrumentation and G.P.S. is aimed at the specialized personnel of various bodies, agencies, associations that also work in the field of Civil Defense.
The goal of the competition, which will take place in the first hinterland of Loano, is to navigate in the shortest possible time a forested and impassable trail of about 10 km. Navigating the terrain will be free. Within the course there will be waypoints, which if found will give bonus points useful for ranking. The race will start at 8:30 a.m. and teams will have four and a half hours to finish the course.
The competition will highlight participants' ability to combine orientation and mapping techniques with strategy and movement techniques in an impervious environment.
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