1 Day Land Navigation Course. -June 8th 2024 10am-5pm.- Fayette County P.A.
1 Day Land Navigation Course. -June 8th 2024 10am-5pm.- Fayette County P.A.
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Skill level Requirement - none
You will be placed into a buddy pair during the Practical application. This is done for safety purposes, and you start learning to work together as a team to handle situation, and over come diversity together. This class will happen rain or shine, be prepared for the worst elements that April has to offer.
You will traverse a minimum of 5 miles for this course.
Gear list-
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Note taking gear, Must be pen/Pencil for the practical application.
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Water source (we will have bottles of water on site but you will need water source before you're sent out to find the points).
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Weather appropriate clothing. We highly recommend brining hiking boots or shoes and a change of socks.
- whistle.
The objective of this class is to help students understand the following.
- How to read a map, use and understand a Lensatic Compass, Protractor, Pace Counter & Map Markers.
- Understanding Maps, marginal information and symbols, what a grid is, scale and distances.
- We will touch on what is Terrain Association, Navigation in Mountain terrain and compare it to other terrain types in the area the students live in.
- The class will have 2 hour time period on educational, and classroom work that is wrapped up into a practical application portion of the course.