1-DAY RELOCATION SKILLS COURSE YORKSHIRE DALES
With Mark Reid FRGS – author of ‘The Inn Way’ guidebooks & Mountain Leader
This 1-day Relocation Skills course in the Yorkshire Dales is ideal for experienced and accomplished hill-walkers who want to know what to do if the mist comes down or they get lost (misplaced) and develop a set of reliable techniques to help them get back on track.
During the course, we will move progressively into more challenging terrain and conditions, and we will actively seek out poor visibility and featureless terrain. Once we have coached you on the key relocation skills, then we will get you ‘lost’ so you can put your new skills into practice (you will always be accompanied by your instructor, so you won’t be truly lost!).
COURSE CONTENT
- Skills, strategies & techniques for relocation when you are misplaced
- Key Relocation Skills for valleys, hills, moutains and poor visibility
- Learn what information you can use around you to locate yourself
- Strategies for finding features (linear, area & spot features)
- Search techniques
- Importance of planning – escape routes & safety bearings
- How to stay calm and focussed when you are misplaced
- Plus... brush up your hill and navigation skills
OUTLINE OF THE COURSE
Pre-course: Unlimited access to our online video tutorials. Watching these videos before the course will allow us more practical time outdoors, and allow you more time to absorb concepts and skills.
9:30am: Meet at a village car park in the Yorkshire Dales (with facilities)
9:30am – 4:30pm: Full day’s relocation, navigation and hill skills training course in the Yorkshire Dales. The walk will usually cover between 6 and 8 miles over the course of the day, with plenty of rest stops and time to practise skills and ask questions.
4:30pm – 5pm: De-brief back at the village
