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Survival Skillset

Lesson 1 of 12

Being findable: plans, sites and searches

35 min

It is nine on a Sunday evening in November. A walker has slipped on wet rock above a side valley and cannot put weight on one ankle. She has a warm layer, a survival bag and a head torch, but no phone signal. At home, her partner knows she "went to the Lakes for the weekend". He will not start to worry for hours, and when he does, nobody will…

In this lesson

  • A route plan and a callout time
  • What to put in it
  • The callout time
  • Closing the plan
  • How searches actually work
  • Where they start
  • How ground teams search
  • How aircraft search
  • Choosing a signal site
  • How to choose
  • Visible and close: both or neither
  • Common mistakes with signal sites

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.

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