Learn how to plan and follow your own routes using a map and compass. This course focuses on the basics of navigation to give you enough information to help you plan your own walks and to get out into the hills and mountains to enjoy the popular classics.
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Intro to Navigation
Who's it for?
This course is ideal for anyone who has never navigated or with very little experience and would like to learn the skills to navigate on footpaths.
Course Content
On this course, we will cover the following:
- Conventional Symbols
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Maps scales and the grid system
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Orientating the map to the ground
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Identifying and using handrails
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Parts of a compass
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Contours and large features
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Measuring Distances
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Simple relocation
PAYMENT OPTIONS
If booking less than 1 month before your course start date, you must pay in full.
Alternatively, fill out this booking form and we can discuss payment options/spreading out the cost etc: