David Pickering - 477593

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Start Date : 01/08/2022

End Date : 05/08/2022

Duration : 5+ Days

Style : Leader / Supervisor

Type : Mountain night nav

Weather : Light Rain - Poor Visibility

Wind : Strong Wind

Camping Type : Wild camp

Nights Camping : 4

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Description

Week 1 of 2 back to back Great Glen canoe expeditions working as a Canoe and Expedition Leader for Mountain Water Expeditions on a Duke of Edinburg (DofE) Gold Residential for 6 people. Included in the 5 day canoe expeditions was 4 nights wild camping with camp craft skills taught by me, including Navigation, Night Navigation, Fire Craft, Ax and saw safety skills, and camping knots: Bowline with synch knot (Painters), Evenk Knot, Tight Tarp Hitch, Guyline Hitch (Tarps), Clove Hitch, and Highwayman's Hitch (Securing gear in boats).

Night Navigation included both in canoes, and along the Great Glen Way, using a map and compass, and pacing and timing in both light and after dark.

Area : Fort Augustus to Glen Affric

Includes the Dundreggan Forest.

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