Updated 4th AprI've been contacted and asked if any of us would like to volunteer to help with the iPlod in June. I don't have full details yet but we will be meeting in Newcastle at 7pm, Friday for something to eat and a briefing then 3 teams will be bused to the entry points. Team A will be leaving from the Trassy pitching at Hares Gap and team B/C from Bloody Bridge pitching at The Bog of Donard and The Castles. Checkpoints need established by 11pm. Each team will be accompanied by a comms dude. Each team will have a list of the groups coming through which they will check as they arrive - once the runners are all through then the teams can sleep until the morning. Runners should all be by Hares Gap by 3am and The Bog by 5am. The teams need to meet up and be at their pickup point (probably Bloody Bridge) to be bussed to breakfast by 9am-ish. At this point marshalls can either leave or hang around to help and as far as I know there will likely be a dinner and a camp spot at Tollymore when the race finishes on Saturday evening.
Final details are still being ironed out and I'll keep updating this post. There's no limit to the number of people that can come and help and we may supply more checkpoints if we have more people. Obviously if you want to help you need to be able to stay up most of the night, be fit enough to walk the Brandy Pad and own gear suitable for a night on the hill in whatever conditions the Mournes experience on the night.
The easiest plan is to get at least 3 people with a bit of experience who will lead each team - volunteers please contact me.
Also, can anyone that is interested and has first aid certificates of any sort please let me know.
iPlod Info:
http://www.action.org.uk/get_involved/iplod
Basically, I got caught up with the N. Ireland Iplod this year and there was shortage of boys and girls prepared to man check points i.e. wander off into the Mournes on a Friday evening to a designated point...wild camp...register teams through on the Friday night/Saturday...wander off...all in the name of charity...
We could have done with extra teams at the Donard Saddle, Donard Peak, Bog of Donard/top of the bloody bridge path......any interest?
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I think it sounds like a great idea - like an excuse to wild camp while helping a charity.
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