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Survival Skillset

Lesson 9 of 14

Timing: Naismith, Tranter and the stopwatch

45 min

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

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