Improve your skills

Established 1992

For everyone...

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Knowledge is Power.

Keeping safe in the outdoors is all about skill and knowledge. Making the right decisions at the right time could save your life, and this starts right from the time you decide to go on that long awaited trip.

The next few pages are all about training and improving your skills. Most of the info we are giving you is free of charge, but we have recommended a few books that will provide even more info for you. We are often asked what books to buy as there are so many out there, so we have read most of them and are making our recommendations to you here. Visit our Recommended Reading section for our suggestions.

Links to all our Improve Your Skills sections are at the top of the page or below.

Many people visiting our training centre and course have asked for copies of our training posters. We have reduced the size of the posters and are making them available to you in an A4 PDF document here. Let us know what you think of them, are there any subjects you would like covered, tell us if you spot any mistakes.

Checklist - Backpacks	Altitude Illnesses	High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema
Checklist - Boots	Acute Mountain Sickness	Dealing with Body Odour
Checklist - Sleeping Bags	Coping with Cold	Pack Fitting
Checklist - Stoves	Conditions Under Foot Scale	River Crossings
Checklist - Tents	Energy Intake	River Safety
	Fire in the Outdoors	Steep Terrain
Pre Trip Briefing	First Aid Kits	Time vs. Energy
Checklist for Organising a Trip	Food Quantities & Ideas	Toilet Procedures
	Food Types for trips	Walking Ropes
	General Mountain Walking Safety	Walking Skills
	High Altitude Cerebral Oedema	Emergency Procedures

There is more FREE stuff available from the Recommended Reading page.

Training DVD

Rock Climbing skills can be regarded as a set of tools which climbers and guides use to achieve their objectives. Using each tool either on its own or in combination with other tools allows us to climb at our best and to resolve problems that may occur.

Designed with guides and leaders of rock climbing activities in mind, this DVD is a collection of some of the skills which could prove necessary in dealing with day to day climbing activities and problems.

To see a couple of clips from the DVD visit You Tube at:

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