Walkers Association Beginners GPS Course 

Saturday Nov 13th 2010
South Dublin County Library in Tallaght Town Centre.

Time: 10:30 to 15:30

Walking in snow-bound Ireland. A point of view from a Scottish member of MountainViews.ie.

Here is a bunch of opinions on safety in winter. Winter walking is immensely fun and mostly safe. The three Scottish deaths so far this winter have been of experienced people in extreme places, so avoid extreme places. Winter skills are best picked up from people who know. Skilled friends are great and there's lots of good courses available in Scotland. However most of us learn by our mistakes so heres a few pointers.

OSI Trailmaster is a PC based interactive mapping tool from the Irish Ordnance Survey and is designed specifically for Irish outdoors enthusiasts - http://www.osi.ie/en/alist/osi-trailmaster.aspx. With OSI Trailmaster now only costing €24.99 per region since early August we expect more and more hillwalkers to start using it. This is your chance to find out how to make the most of its extensive features and start putting it to practical use in creating and using routes on the hills.

Introduction

I’m going to talk about the benefits of Modern Navigation, such as using GPS
and software like TrailMaster.

Rescue!www.mountainviews.ie has published this readable, opinionated article on Safety.


My first thought was it’s over-emphasised. Of sports I’ve played, I’ve been hurt worse at football, skiing and squash. Mind you I’ve also seen a worse injury at bridge, normally a non-contact sport. An ill-considered comment about a failed six no-trumps bid led to a flat out brawl in a desert oil-workers’ shed but I’m wandering.