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Survival Skillset

Lesson 6 of 12

Light: torches, Morse and signalling at night

35 min

It is after midnight. Across the valley, a line of small lights is moving slowly along the far hillside: head torches, six or seven of them, spaced out, stopping and starting. Searchers. You have a head torch too. You switch it on and point it at them. From over there, your light is one more torch on a hillside at night, perhaps another walker, perhaps one of their own team.…

In this lesson

  • Torch signalling
  • SOS by light and sound
  • Morse code basics
  • The timing
  • A handful of useful letters
  • Using it sensibly
  • Strobes, glowsticks and markers for the night
  • Strobes
  • Glowsticks
  • Using light near helicopters at night
  • Vehicle lights and horn
  • Making it stand out

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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