by The Wilderness Project Team | Mar 6, 2023 | First Aid, Navigation & Hill Skills
A first aid kit is an essential part of your hill walking equipment. Completing an Outdoor First Aid course will develop your skill set and confidence but you still need to pack the right kit. Tailoring your standard first aid kit to suit the outdoors requires some...
by The Wilderness Project Team | Jul 12, 2022 | Navigation & Hill Skills
A task that seems daunting but is essential to the smooth running of your expedition, diligently packing your rucksack will make it easier for you to find what you need, when you need it. Here is our guide for an expedition ready rucksack. *In order to carry...
by The Wilderness Project Team | Jul 1, 2022 | Navigation & Hill Skills
Useful, clear and precise bearings are used to determine which direction you need to travel from where you are standing in order to get to a predetermined point. A bearing is a measure of the angle from North, clockwise, to the desired destination. Here is our guide...
by The Wilderness Project Team | Apr 26, 2022 | Navigation & Hill Skills
Tiny green dashes, crosses and diamonds wind their way across OS maps through forests and towns, across rivers and fields… but what do they mean? These public Rights of Way (RoW) are historic routes that people have used for centuries to get from one place to another....
by The Wilderness Project Team | Mar 20, 2020 | Navigation & Hill Skills
By Philip Clegg. Maybe! At the time of writing there are no restrictions being placed on accessing the hills and mountains of the UK. We’re all aware of the health benefits of walking, but we need to tread carefully. Many of us will be going through a period of...
