Originally Posted by
IainR
IanDP said about practice the other day.. thats the key.. a course can teach you skills but much of that is fairly much logical and common sense, handrailing, ticking off features, aiming off.. using height.. there's some theory, GR's and how to use a compass, but recognising contours and what that land looks like is something which just takes practice,.. at walking pace.. slowly finding harder and harder points..
I find I'm rusty even now, in europe you often never need to use a map even in places like Chamonix, Siere, its all signed and big trails so I just don't get out with a map at all.
