Mountain Zone 
Family friendly camping and mountain adventure. Share in a real base camp experience using expedition quality equipment in a remote and beautiful setting. Wake up to the wild and dramatic landscape of the Comeragh Mountains. Return feeling energized with a real sense of well being.
Activities Include:
- Setting up base camp
- Navigation skills
- Stream crossing
- Introduction to rockclimbing
Web: www.mountainzone.ie
Tel/Mob: 353 51 383 435 / 353 87 926 2117
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Activities include
- Setting up base camp
- Navigation skills
- Stream crossing
- Introduction to rockclimbing
- Gibbon Slackline www.gibbon-slackline.com
- Meal preparation and presentation
Day 1
- Meet ‘n Brief in Waterford (Collect individual packs containing light camping gear and shared food)
- Trek from trail head to base camp
- Enjoy a well earned lunch. Nothing like the outdoors to give you an appetite!
- Get going on a range of activities including (High tech and traditional navigation training, Locate a person using map and compass or GPS, Stream crossing using Gibbon Ribbon, Camp craft activities)
- 7pm: Fire up the stoves and muck in to prepare supper
- Chill out over supper and plan the following day’s route to the summit
- Spend the rest of the evening in typical base camp mode telling tall tales of past adventures (feel free to use your imagination) before hitting the sack!
Day 2
- Note: the route to the summit is a trek that stays clear of any exposed edges
- Early wake up call!
- Learn to survive! (Fetch water, Fire up the stoves, Cook breakfast, Clean up)
- After a hearty breakfast, set out for the Summit taking in some spectacular views along the way including a 432m sheer cliff face dropping down to Coumshingaun Lake, that’s twice as high as the Cliffs of Moher!
- At the summit: (Grab a photo opportunity; you are 792m above sea level!, In teams, navigate back to base camp)
- Back at base to break camp and hike out to the trail head
