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SHR Navigation Course
15th-16th October 2011
Like Hamilton and Paula last year, I signed up for the SHR Navigation Course this year and can heartily recommend it. Led by Bruce Poll and ably assisted by Dave Scott, it's a good chance to brush up on your map and compass work, pre-race planning, and all in the context of hill racing, mountain marathon, and orienteering use.
Both days start with a morning of theory and planning, then an afternoon in the hills. Day 1 allows the chance to practice navigation with the group including trying to judge distance covered or time to get to a point, and Day 2 has a longer exercise to put it all into practice (including pre-race planning) which can be run solo or in pairs.
Very good and relevant course, plenty of chances to ask questions, generally sort out your understanding, and try it all out in the field. I still need plenty of practice but I'm much happier about planning routes and following bearings now. I'm also pleased to report that I successfully located the Grog and Gruel without using my iPhone.
Posted by Johnston Orr on Sun 16 Oct 2011 | 2 comments
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Chris said...
Johnston - Glad you managed to navigate yourself to the bar at the Grog & Gruel. We had a few problems locating Malham and Skipton when Brian's iPhone froze, but we eventually tracked down Skipton railway station by the angle of the moon and asking some passers by.
Monday 17th October 2011 1.28pm
Cam said...
Yeh, it was very unmanly of us to ask for directions (twice)!
Monday 17th October 2011 10.15pm