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Navigation For You

Navigation For You

Novice & Experienced Hikers

The ‘Navigation For You’ courses I design are specific to your personal, group or club needs and are more flexible in how they are delivered depending on your personal development and time. The mountain navigation courses I deliver can be one or two day course. One day navigation courses do not involve long hikes, they concentrate on skills that you want to refresh or develop. All my mountain navigation courses include map reading and using a compass. You will realise you can navigate and do know enough, you just need the confidence to use the skills you have.

The Navigation For You Course covers some of the content below
Navigation Fundamentals

Novice and beginner focused. No experience is necessary. One or two day course. We won’t hike far but we will cover lots of navigation. Read More below: Navigation Fundamentals

Improve Your Navigation

 Navigation for those that want to build on existing experience covering walking on a bearing accurately and re-location. Find out more below: Improve Your Navigation

Poor Visibility, Night Navigation

Misty still weather is best for this course, we will start late but hike for a few hours in darkness, enjoy the challenge. Read More below: Poor Visibility, Night Navigation

MI provide funding for some training. Read more at Club Training & Grants

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Navigation Fundamentals

Navigation Fundamentals

Novice & Beginner Hikers

These navigation courses introduces the beginner to the navigation skills necessary to have a great day in the Irish hills. We will go for a hike that provides us opportunities to discuss equipment, route choice and safety. We will also cover some of the fundamental skills and techniques required for your first day in the hills. Recognising landscape features, relating those features to the printed map. We will also have the chance to use time and distance to navigate from area to area. The hike won’t be long or strenuous and the emphasis will be on looking carefully rather than walking far or fast.

The Navigation Fundamentals Course covers some of the content below
  • Establishing your skills set
  • Making a plan for the hike
  • Observing the landscape
  • Recognising features
  • Following your route
  • Pacing and time
  • What to do-What if?
  • Reading the map
  • Using the compass
  • Keeping people happy 🙂
Requirements

No experience is necessary. I’ll design the course to suit your needs. As the day develops we will focus on improving your skills base.

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Course Cost
  • €90 per person
  • Duration 1 Day
  • Min 3, Max 8

MI provide funding for some training. Read more at Club Training & Grants

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Improve Your Navigation

Improve Your Navigation

Navigation for those that want to build on existing experience

This course will review the fundamentals of navigation and establish what skills you need to work on. We will then begin to explore combined techniques to navigate about the hills, including map reading, taking a bearing and walking on a bearing accurately. Contouring and using natural features to navigate and re-locate will be explored and practised. Planning a route and dividing the route into recognisable navigation legs will also be practised. We will look at the landscape in detail and work on being able to build a picture of the features that we can then relate to the map.

The Improve Your Navigation Course covers some of the content below
  • Establishing where you are
  • Planning your route
  • Navigation techniques
  • Aiming off
  • Contouring
  • Micro features
  • Building a mental picture
  • Having a plan ‘B’
  • Equipment and being prepared
  • Taking a bearing
Requirements

Previous experience hiking and navigating would be necessary. I’ll design the course to suit your objectives and choose ground to navigate that builds confidence but also challenges the skills you develop.

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Course Cost
  • €90.00 per person
  • Duration 1 Day
  • Min 3, Max 8

MI provide funding for some training. Find out more at Club Training & Grant

Night Navigation

Poor Visibility, Night Navigation

Navigation for those that want to build on existing experience

We will pick a day with poor weather, misty, still conditions are ideal. The intention will be to navigate into the darkness hours, paying detailed attention to the ground and features close around us. Sometimes being able to see features at a distance can in fact distract you, navigating in poor visibility, although a challenge makes you pay attention to the slightest change in the landscape. Your overall confidence and skill level will improve with this course as you see that it is possible to navigate safely in the hills at night with good planning, equipment and appropriate equipment.

The Poor Visibility, Night Navigation Course covers some of the content below
  • Setting realistic objectives
  • Choosing the correct ground to practise
  • Navigation techniques
  • Working as a team
  • Micro features
  • Building a mental picture
  • Choosing the correct features to navigate to
  • Equipment and being prepared
Requirements

Previous experience hiking and navigating is necessary. Weather conditions will have to suit the purpose of the course. Some of the route will be covered after nightfall.

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Course Cost
  • €90.00 per person
  • Duration 1 Day
  • Min 3, Max 8

MI provide funding for some training. Read more at Club Training & Grant