Pentland Hills Navigation Experience Day

The Edinburgh University Hillwalking Club has been organising trips and providing training opportunities to students to explore the Highlands safely for 30 years. Many of our members are highly experienced hillwalkers and have developed their navigational skills over the years in the club and prior to joining. Hillwalking and navigational awareness have lead many of our members around the world climbing great mountains in places such as South America, Europe and Asia.

This experience day aims to give people who are new to hillwalking an enjoyable but realistic experience that will help them decide if Hillwalking is the sport for them. Members of the club will share their experience with attendees. The day will equip beginners with the basic skills required to go hillwalking independently and/or with the Edinburgh University Hillwalking Club safely. Covering map reading skills, compass work, walk planning and general hillside safety.

DATE:
Saturday 1^st October 2016

Location:

Pentland Hills Regional Park,
Edinburgh.

Start & End Point: Outside the Steading Pub,
                                 118-120 Biggar Rd,
                                  Edinburgh.
                                   EH10 7DU

Buses to & from the Steading: x15 & 4, Lothian Buses.

Start Time: 10:00

In Town Meeting Point: Steps of the Scottish National Gallery, Princes Street.

In Town Meeting Time: 09:00
BUS LEAVES: 09:09

You will be required to pay your own bus fare for the day; Transport is not provided in the ticket price. An in town meeting point is designed to help people find their way to the Pentlands if they require it. Adult Day Ticket £4.00, Lothian Buses.

Finish Time: 16:00

Evening Social:

After the experience day has ended come join us in the steading pub to chat to member of the club and grab a drink. Feel free to ask us any questions you have and let us know what you thought of the day. The Edinburgh University Hillwalking Club committee members will be in the pub and if you’re keen to continue hillwalking you can chat to them about joining.
 

Gear:

Attendees must have appropriate clothing and footwear on the day, if an attendees’ gear is deemed to be a potential hazard to their safety by a walk leader they reserve the right to send that attendee home with no refund.
Maps & Compasses will be provided. Please refer to our gear page on our website for details of what you should bring:
 

http://euhwc.eusu.ed.ac.uk/about/equipment

Food and water: Minimum 2L of Water, food wise attendees should bring a packed lunch that is high energy and sizeable. E.g. A small salad is not a hillwalking meal.