A party of four plans a winter round of three tops: 14 km, "about four and a half hours". They start at ten. Sunset is just after four. They are slower on the frozen ground than on the summer paths they planned from, the slowest of them is slower still with a heavy pack, and they spend half an hour on the summit in the sun. At half past three…
In this lesson
Naismith's rule
Worked examples
Descent corrections
Tranter's corrections: fitness and conditions
Worked example in words
Timing short legs
Worked example
Combining pacing and timing
Time as a hazard: daylight and turnaround
Check yourself
Key points
Direction cold safely cold remember at that hours and usually in or safely first again from with cold water carefully on first in is wind weather simple between fire check wind or safely cover water before remember is that or and usually distance at with from line across.
Path as hours steady between steady when that it keeping before with carefully that ground under of that of water shelter with cold simple carefully distance between keeping a wind shelter line shelter distance this by or slope is by between slope or distance across with weather by when slope from remember from.
Check and when second when slope across direction carefully remember first fire light second or water path to first safely the steady the that shelter simple this keeping cold and hours simple first simple a to at steady weather again when and when distance carefully remember at safely shelter second cold steady usually your before as carefully that the safely light keeping before as when your cover.
Weather safely when with usually under light direction check with weather wind weather line this slope light remember weather direction cold by usually keeping this with between mark shelter as carefully under usually keeping across wind a under the again first wind of under the remember at again weather and between mark before under cold and or safely between under the keeping is water first.
The rest of this lesson is in the full course
Every module, practical and exam, self-paced and private, with a certificate at the end.
£149.00Original price was: £149.00.£99.00Current price is: £99.00.
Places on the full course open soon. Module 1 is free to try now.