Course Details

"Be self-reliant in attitude and as far as possible,
self-sufficient in terms of equipment and skills"
Eric Langmuir - 'Mountaincraft and Leadership'

Instructor ratio 1 - 4 maximum. We provide an informal, friendly and very practical approach to all aspects of navigation.

On the 2 day course the first day concentrates on low level micro navigation. The second day concentrates on using a compass on open hill and moorland.

With the three-day course the first two days are spent on instruction and the third day is given over to planning and executing your own route. It could also involve a night out in a wilderness location.

SUBJECTS COVERED

	•	The Grid system and Grid References
	•	Symbols for Public Rights of Way
	•	Other important symbols for the hill walker
	•	Contour Lines
	•	Major Scales used by hill walkers
	•	Work out personal pacing lengths
	•	Micro Navigation- very local "close in" navigation techniques concentrating on using  small features on the ground to navigate.
	•	Use of the Silva compass to take bearings from a map
	•	Macro, or large area, Navigation techniques
	•	Pacing distances
	•	Estimating times taken using Naithsmiths Rule
	•	Walking on general compass bearings and dead reckoning bearings
	•	“Aiming off” bearings
	•	“Hand-railing” features
	•	Attack points
	•	Recognising Spurs and Re-entrants, and other Physical Features

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