Thread: Navigation with compass and map

Originally Posted by ebf

@Myk, practise makes perfect....

Take a map and compass when you go for short walks. Take bearings off known landmarks, triangulate your position. Try to identify your position by identifying terrain features on the map against what your see in real life.

Mountain Safety Council runs bushcraft courses, but the nav section is pretty basic and depends on the instructor.

Mountain Safety doesn't run courses anymore, they sacked all their instructors.

Originally Posted by stug

Mountain Safety doesn't run courses anymore, they sacked all their instructors.

The firearms license safety course only or all courses @stug ?

Originally Posted by ebf

The firearms license safety course only or all courses @stug ?

Firearms safety course is still happening, it was the firearms people and the technical committee they let go. All the other instructors and courses are now gone. Head office felt they weren't reaching enough people. So one of their ideas is to get people to stand at track ends and hand out pamphlets, I kid you not!
They will end up being like Water Safety NZ, someone to go to for a sound bite, but not actively involved in teaching people.