Walking safely in complex and possibly dangerous terrain involves using some advanced navigation skills. In this video I’ll follow a typical day’s walk in the hills to demonstrate some of the techniques which many advanced navigators use.

00:46 Difference between intermediate and advance navigation
01:35 Practice and experience
02:15 Precision
02:50 Contouring
03:30 Timing
04:12 Feature recognition / Terrain association
05:15 Contour interpretation
07:04 Terrain vegetation from map
07:30 Resection
09:26 8 figure grid reference to within 10m
10:05 Dangerous area planning
10:30 Complex planning (5 D’s)
10:38 Pacing
11:16 Catching features
11:40 Hard to find ground features
12:24 Loose bearings
12:44 Dangerous terrain
13:50 Height gain calculation
14:28 Walking duration calculation
14:40 Navigate by slope aspect
15:20 Error recognition
15:55 Relocation using slope aspect
17:03 Handrailing contour features
17:50 Distance plus height gain calculation
18:15 Summary



Videos mentioned
Slope aspect [ Ссылка ]
Five D’s [ Ссылка ]

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