A couple of nice days out in the hills here with a group of 4, all of which have previously completed a Bronze Course.
We spent the first day adventuring around Tryfan Bwlch and Tryfan Bach, the second day took us from Pen Y Pass over and around to the Horns, then back to the car park.
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We both thouroughly enjoyed the silver NNAS course. The instructor, Guy, is a pleasant, patient, easy going person and has a range of teaching techniques to help facilitate learning. In our small group there seemed to be a varied level of knowledge between the students, but Guy was able to accomodate our different learning paces to enable all group members to successfully complete the course.
At the start of the weekend we recapped on our somewhat rusty bronze level skills and were suprised how easily we regained our confidence with these techniques. Then it was out into the wild wet Welsh hills where we were soon learning new skills. On the assessment day, we found that we were confident in route planning to reach our set objectives, and we felt extremely pleased with ourselves when we successfully completed them with little prompting required.
After completing the course and receiving our certificates we had a satisfying sense of achievment which left us feeling motivated to go on to try other outdoor activities, and we are looking forward to taking up the opportunity of a hill scrambling taster session in the future.
We also took the opportunity whilst staying in Wales to make the climb to Snowdon summit, the fantastic views on a sunny day are well worth the up hill toil.
At the start of the weekend we recapped on our somewhat rusty bronze level skills and were suprised how easily we regained our confidence with these techniques. Then it was out into the wild wet Welsh hills where we were soon learning new skills. On the assessment day, we found that we were confident in route planning to reach our set objectives, and we felt extremely pleased with ourselves when we successfully completed them with little prompting required.
After completing the course and receiving our certificates we had a satisfying sense of achievment which left us feeling motivated to go on to try other outdoor activities, and we are looking forward to taking up the opportunity of a hill scrambling taster session in the future.
We also took the opportunity whilst staying in Wales to make the climb to Snowdon summit, the fantastic views on a sunny day are well worth the up hill toil.
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This was the first course in Wales so everyone was feeling their way around. We probably now have a better knowledge of good cafe's, slopes to climb, non-existent paths, youth hostels etc. I believe I learned more on the first day although it may not have appeared so. The knowledge was swishing around in the litte brain and on the second day things started to click and I felt more confident as exercises reinforced what I had been holding onto tenuously on the first day. As with all courses, I know it is just the start and I really need to get out there practising to become slick at using aspect of slope (If I can find any besides Box and Leith Hills in Surrey!)and using back bearings at the drop of a hat to pinpoint my position.
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