WORKSHOP CONTENT & LEARNING OUTCOMES

COURSE OUTLINE

This workshop is a night navigation exercise to simulate poor visibility navigation to help candidates rely on their techniques and hone skills ahead of assessment. Gain confidence and check in with your skills, all instruction and feedback provided by ML course directors. 

4:00pm-10:00pm (approx)

​SKILLS COVERED​

Equipment: maps and compasses and head torches

Navigation coaching and selecting techniques for night navigation

Gain accurate pacing and timing 

Introduce independent legs to landscape features 

Introduce ML style features for night nav (landscape features)

Navigate in the dark to build towards solid, pragmatic navigation

Goal setting and debriefs 

Discussion ahead of assessment 

EQUIPMENT/KIT REQUIRED

Hill kit for a full day/night in the mountains;

Waterproofs 

Warm layers

Hat and gloves 

Walking boots

Map (OL4) 

Compass

Headtorch 

Stopwatch

CATERING/FOOD

Lunch, snacks and water for the day 

WORKSHOP PROVIDER CREDENTIALS

Sam Marsland (WMCI & ML course director)

CANCELLATION PROCEDURE

Lake District Mountaineering cancellation policy 

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE EVENT

Your CPD record - If you attend this event and it counts as CPD, your CPD point/s will automatically be added to your record in due course - you will not need to add it yourself.

Please allow up to 2 weeks for the workshop provider to complete the event in the system and assign you your CPD, thank you.

Start

20/11/2024 16:00

End

20/11/2024 22:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

6

Venue

Honister Slate Mine

Town

Keswick

County

Cumberland

Postcode

CA12 5UQ

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

54.51117

Longitude

-3.19915

Name

Mountain Training Association

Phone

07458353048 ​

Website

Booking/Details

Email