A two day mountain based course that teaches participants the essential outdoor skills of navigation – the ability to travel through the bush, the hills and mountains using a map and compass plus an introduction to electronic navigation equipment.
What you will learn
- Navigate on & off track with a map & compass
- Understand the features, index and meanings of a topographic map
- Plot and calculate bearings
- Plot a location on a map
- Celestial Navigation
- Pacing / distance estimation
- Reading Map to ground
- Plan, prepare and walk an off track route using 6 digit UTM co-ordinates
- Conduct a resection aka finding your location when you are lost
- Reduced visibility navigation
- Understand the Global Positioning System and GPS devices
What’s Included
Two days of expert training
Overnight self catering lodge style accommodation (shared rooms) at Aardvark Ski Lodge Saturday Night
* additional accommodation on Friday night can be arranged at additional cost of $35 pp - contact us direct to arrange
Maps, pencils and rulers all supplied
Meet your instructors
Paddy Howlett is an ex military veteran that is a qualified navigation instructor with an aviation and rescue helicopter background. Paddy has also competed at World Series level as an adventure racer and National Level in Rogaining. His latest adventure in 2023, racing a tandem canoe 1600km from Canada to Alaska through some of the remotest wilderness in the world tested his map building and navigation skills to the limits.
Kelly van den Berg is an alpine mountain guide, outdoor educator and expedition medic that has participated in teams on many wilderness adventures both here and overseas in many varied environments from the deserts of the Sahara to alpine ascents. Kelly was Paddy’s race partner and navigator for the Yukon 1000 expedition race in 2023.
Please note that a non-refundable booking fee of 10% is incurred at the time of purchase.*
- 14 days or more notice: 10% fee to reschedule or cancel your booking
- 14 - 7 days notice: 50% fee to reschedule or cancel your booking
- 7 days or less notice: You forfeit your full payment
- No Show: You forfeit your full payment
