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| Different map scales |
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| Forest tracks, navigation nightmare? |
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| Autumn time |
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| A tad windy on the high plateau |
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| The tress were blowing here! |
Final day on Leanne's 4 Day Navigation Course. Forecast for very high winds on the higher summits today so we stayed low in the forest of Rothiemurchus. Today we looked at the potential problems of navigating through woodland and forests (they keep changing unlike mountains)! We also got pacing and timing down to a fine art. The GPS was taken out and looked at the pros and con's of electronic wizardry. In the afternoon we battled the gales and headed up Craigowrie. Winds were blowing at over 70mph at700m. A taste of what the Cairngorms has to offer!
A brilliant 4 days with Leanne. Her skill level for travelling on the Scottish mountains now at a very high standard. Always cheery and chatty even at midnight at 1000m on a cold dark mountainside after 7 hours of intense navigation in darkness and a full mountain day!
All details of my
navigation courses are on my website. Tarmachan Mountaineering run bespoke courses geared to the individual and all year round. Navigation-the number 1 hill skill.
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