Wilderness Survival - Basic Navigation

​Module 1: Land navigation, course map, and compass

​Learning to navigate accurately is a vital skill every outdoorsman needs to learn and this is a basic map and compass course lasting 1 day this will include classroom combined with fieldwork students will learn :

• ​Understanding or deciphering a sighting mirror compass.

• ​Magnetic North vs. True North.

• ​Understanding and adjusting declination

• ​Choosing and Understanding Topographic maps and their features.

• ​Plotting a course (Bearing) and following that course.

• ​Angulation or finding your location on the map.

• ​Determining and using a pace count.

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​What to bring:

• ​Daypack or hydration pack

• ​Lunch/snacks and water ( There will be extra water provided )

• ​Proper clothing and footwear as you will be walking in an outdoor environment ( No flip flops )

• ​A small notebook preferably waterproof with 2 mechanical pencils.

• ​A compass with adjustable declination and sight mirror (if you have one)

• ​1 set of pace or ranger beads (if you have them)

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​We now have loaner compasses and pace beads for students to use if needed.

​Maps for the course will be provided.