What you will learn

Staying safe in the outdoors

Planning and preparation

Equipment selection and organisation

Route planning and records of intentions

Movement skills and route finding

Understanding the weather

Heat and cold illnesses

Choosing the right maps

Map scales, signs & symbols

The grid reference system

Choosing a compass

Grid, true north and magnetic variation

Setting the map

Relating the map to land, and land to map

Using linear features

Measuring timing and distance

Contours and reading between the lines

Taking and following a bearing

Navigation strategies

Using transit points and back bearings

Aiming off, boxes and attack points

Slope aspect and shape

Relocation

Leaving no trace

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