Oct 9-10: Snowdonia Navigation

October 9th-10th Snowdonia Navigation Course

A small but fantastic group was formed on Saturday morning in Pete's Eats. Here we went over some fundamental beginner navigation strategies and put them to the test during the day.

On Saturday we circumnavigated Tryfan from the Ogwen valley. Looking deeply into the map, the contours on show and lots of different uses of the compass. Unfortunately we came across a chap who had slipped and cut his leg badly at Tryfan Bwlch. Fortunately, we had Ian on hand (Paramedic) who did a textbook job handling the situation. We were all really impressed by the Ogwen Rescue effort and the couple of chaps from MR who appeared very quickly to our assistance.

Looking at aspect of slope

I had a browse of the Ogwen incident log today out of interest. I have not had a look at it for a few years. Seems like it was another busy weekend. I have not had a lot of experience working with Mountain Rescue but it is a truly great service and incidents like this really remind me to put a few extra quid in the coffers when I walk past. Take note, for an incident of this scale, 20 people (volunteers) attended. Hats off to you all.

Here is the incident log if you are interested: http://www.ogwen-rescue.org.uk/incidents/incidents.php

and you can donate here: http://www.ogwen-rescue.org.uk/online_donations/

Sunday was another lovely day and Simon accompanied the team on a day out looking at Micro Navigation. All team members passed. Another successful weekend with great feedback. Thank you very much.


Feedback from this course:

Feedback: The course content was thorough,easily put across and put into practice as the two days developed. very positive,well structured and full of knowledge. Having 15 years of military experience and to refresh my brainb cells in this valuable skill it was a wothwhile course. It is important I found that pre read and study to understand the basic skills is `important so then it can be transfered into practical skills and assessments. Excellent course and group team work.

Feedback: I really enjoyed the two days, they were challenging and fun. I am amazed at what I can now read on a map in detail and am delighted to finally understand truly the value of the compass. Both Guy and Simon were fantastic in their approach and professional in their training. a great and worthwhile 2 days, I will be back for more!!