 Night Navigation training, Long Myndd |
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Night Navigation training, Long Myndd |
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Section Six
Navigation
| 1. | Virtually
all British mountaineers know that Naismith's rule is used to calculate how long a route
will take. What was Naismith's Christian name ? |
| 2. | Which
of the following is not a type of British O/S Map ? Explorer |
| 3. | What mountain area is covered by O/S Explorer map no. 1 ? |
| 4. | When
heading to the hills, we usually take a O/S outdoor leisure map for most of the hills in
England & Wales. In Scotland we usually take a Landranger map. What area does a Landranger map cover as standard ? |
| 5. | In
Britain we use the national grid system to pin point location. In many parts of the world the system of Longitude and Latitude is used. Which world famous mountain sits at 3 Deg 6 Min South, 37 Deg 13 Min East ? and in which country is it ? |
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an early map
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| 6. | Why are trig points on mountain summits often painted white ? |
| 7. | What are "Tranter's corrections" ? |
| 8. | People
often use rhymes such as "never eat shredded wheat" to remember such things as
the way the points of the compass go. If you draw a line from the most Northern point in the British main land to the most southern, and from the most western to the most eastern. Where, and in which county would the lines meet ? |
| 9. | Which corner of an O/S map has the greatest magnetic variation ? |
| 10. | What
famous book opens with the words "Navigation is fun! It is an intensely interesting, indeed fascinating, aspect of mountain craft" ? |
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traditional and modern O/S outdoor leisure map |
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