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ANCRUM
MOUNTAINEERING CLUB
Safety on
the hills
updated
20 November 2008
This information
is split into courses, then sites offering information or tutorials. |
| COURSES |
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| Winter
Skills Courses at Glenmore Lodge |
Discounted courses
organised along with the MC of S. Great value for money. Training by experts. |
| CNDo
- Walking holidays and outdoor courses |
Downloadable brochure
. They do various skills courses. Ask Susan Beech or Davie Milne. |
| Ancrum
Outdoor Education Centre |
Based at Ancrum
Road, Dundee. Offer many affordable courses and also hire gear. Navigation
courses. Downloadable brochure |
| Alan
Crichton Mountain Skills |
Mountain skills
courses. Alan is based in Aberdeen |
| Glenmore
Lodge |
GLENMORE LODGE
is Scotland's National Outdoor Training Centre located in the heart of Cairngorms
National Park. Learn, develop or qualify in an adventure sport of your choice.
Our goal is to inspire adventure by teaching beginners, coaching intermediate/advanced
and delivering training and assessment courses for leaders and instructors.
Also has accomodation. |
| Highlander
Mountaineering |
Well known guide
Pete Hill offers a range of courses |
| Information
& tutorials |
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| Map
reading - ordnance survey |
A
downloadable pdf file that explains how to read a map. Aimed at kids, but
still very useful. |
| More
map reading guides from the OS |
Three
more OS map reading guides. An overview, basic and advanced. |
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Some
basic information on how to navigate from ScottishSport |
| Tayside
Mountain Rescue |
Has
information on safety including a routecard |
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The definitive
avalanche information service for Scotland. |
| Mountaineering
Council of Scotland Information Leaflets |
Some of the
leaflets are on their website. Have a look. Lots of useful training information
and other resources. |
| Information
on descending from Ben Nevis |
Vital
information if descending from Ben Nevis in bad weather. Worth printing
out and keeping with your map. |
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