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Navigation Training

 
This year, for the first time, the club is running an in house navigation course that will teach our members how to navigate and walk safely in the hills. The course will include 3 lectures and 2 training hikes.

You must attend the first two lectures before you are allowed on a training hike. For those who complete the course there will be a certificate to add to your CV.

As a club member who has completed the course, you will also be able to join the Sunday hikes as one of our backmarkers, giving a hand in leading the walk, and making sure that our days out are a success.


LECTURES/WORKSHOP

(Attendance of the first 2 lectures is required to participate in a training hike)

1- Map Reading, Pacing, Timing (Thursday 28th Jan 2010)

2- Compass Bearings, Weather (Thursday 4th Fev 2010)

3- Group Managment/ Dealing with Difficulties (Thursday 11th Feb 2010)


Lectures are held in the AM150, Arts Millenium Building lecture hall every Thursday at 8pm.

The lecture will be 30 minutes long and will be followed by some practical exercises for another half hour to an hour. Lectures are free and open to everybody.
Lectures will be repeated on demand and/or during the second semester.

 

TRAINING HIKES

Training hikes will start on Sunday the 31st of January.

 

There will be one training hike lead by one of our experienced members each Sunday following as part of our normal Sunday activities. There will be only 4 places available each Sunday, so booking is essential. The booking can be made on the bus on the previous Sunday, at Monday lectures, or by emailing the secretary Aengus Finnegan at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
The cost of each training hike is 5 euro on top of the usual fee for the Bus.