There were times where the weather was more like a winter ML, but in all fairness it would be in conditions like these that the tools and techniques would have to be used so it was great experience.
Course agenda went like this:
Day 1 Hill day: personal navigation skills, timing, pacing, group skills, navigation, environmental issues. Weather talk. Ropework session, knots etc.
Day 2 Mountain day - group management, route choice, safeguarding group on awkward terrain. River crossings. Environmental issues. Party leadership issues.
Day 3 Security on steep ground, deployment of rope in emergency situations. Emergency procedures, mountain rescue. Pack for expedition.
Day 4 Depart for expedition, looking at navigation, group management, party leadership, environmental issues. Night navigation exercise. Camping.
Day 5 Return from expedition. Session on consolidation period between training and assessment.
Day 6 Mountain day, reviewing technical steep ground procedures. Group debrief, individual debriefs.
... and highlights? The night navigation exercise, with Ginger beasting us over the peat hags until the 'wee small hours' of the morning. and the severe ground days, especially Saturday, with Pete making the sessions very lifelike.
Many thanks to Pete Hill for a very professional and informed approach and a huge thanks to 'Ginger' Lee for his friendship, support and inspiration over the week.
Assessment already booked for September... so the training begins in earnest!
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