Despite the big changes in approaches to teaching navigation over the last decade or so, grid references will need to be introduced and used at some point to allow progression. As with a lot of the skills required for using…
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The pitfalls of left and right in navigation and route description
We’ve all had the experience of mixing up left and right, often when trying to explain a route to a driver when we’re feeling under pressure ourselves. Confusing left and right may have been a contributing factor to the rout…
Thanks to Celox Training Academy for ‘Principles of Haemorrhage Control’ CPD course
In the last decade, a number of organizations and campaigns (e.g. Stop the Bleed, citizenAID) have begun to promote the need to prevent people bleeding to death from severe external injuries that could be treated by first-aiders. Keeping up with…
‘Footwear systems’ for the hills
One important piece of advice I was given by my old friend Dr Andy McMullen (Botanaeco) when I started doing a lot of outdoor work, both leadership and scientific fieldwork, in 2014 was to LOOK AFTER MY FEET! Part of…
Tagged with: Expedition skills, Hillwalking
Posted in Hill Running, Mountain Training, Orienteering, Scotland, Uncategorized
Posted in Hill Running, Mountain Training, Orienteering, Scotland, Uncategorized
Beinn a’ Ghlo: back to the hills
While it was possible to return to the Scottish hills for paid work a few days earlier, the 3rd of July saw the lifting of the five-mile travel restriction in Scotland. Although this gave me a lot of scope in…
Tagged with: Beinn a' Ghlo, Loch Loch, QMD
Posted in Mountain Training, Mountains, Pathwork, Scotland
Posted in Mountain Training, Mountains, Pathwork, Scotland
Keeping hill fit close to home
Although things have changed slightly in Scotland, with unlimited outdoor exercise, I’ve still been relying on a lot of home-based exercise to try to keep myself fit for getting back into the hills. I am lucky that there are small…
Book review: Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine (3rd edition)
Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine. Third Edition. 2017. By Drs Jim Duff and Ross Anderson. Cicerone. 252 pp. Softback and eBook. £11.95 RRP. ISBN 9781852849139 Disclosure: This review is based upon a sample copy of the printed book sent…
Contributing to ‘Exploring the Environment’ MTA/AMI workshop, Stirling, April 20th 1000-1600
With the help of a number of other MTA and AMI members, I’ll be helping out at a CPD workshop for outdoor leaders who are members of the two Associations in the Stirling and Bridge of Allan area. I’ll be…
Hills of Hame 