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Our navigation training sessions focus on discovering your inner orientation skills and reaching their potentials. We believe that our brain is the best and most reliable navigation tool. All our courses teach navigation using simple tools such as compass and map. We don’t use GPS. We take advantage of the recent improvements happened in maps and teach you new strategies that were not possible before. We also train you on the traditional techniques. We found that we can reach the accuracy of GPS in many cases using only map and compass.


Our courses are taught using high-involvement and active learning techniques that allow participants to learn faster, remember more and have tons of fun.


In all the courses, we will supply you with maps but you will have to bring your own compass.


Select the course that best suits you.


Basic

Cost: Free
Duration: 2 hours
Prerequisite: none
Type: in-class course
Bring: compass
This course is designed to give you an introduction to navigation theory. You will learn how to recondition yourself and look at navigation in a new way. Subjects covered are:
  • Reading and visualizing topographic maps
  • Introduction to navigation by map
  • Introduction to navigation by compass
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Theory

Cost: $20
Duration: 3 hours
Prerequisite: none
Type: in-class course
Bring: compass
This course is designed to give you in depth knowledge of navigation theory. It includes many different drills. You will have good understanding of many concepts. Subjects covered are:
  • Maps
    • Reading and visualizing topographic maps
    • Types, scale, distance, elevation, grade, direction
    • Navigation by map
  • Compass
    • Bearings
    • Navigation by compass
  • Map and Compass
    • Declination
    • Putting them together
    • Navigation by map and compass
    • Staying found
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Practice

Cost: $80
Duration: 4 hours
Prerequisite: Theory (or comfortable level of reading maps and using compass.)
Type: field trip to Seymour Provincial Park
Bring: compass
This is a hand-on practice course. You will learn and experience practical hands on how to navigate using map and compass, finding directions using natural features, and using popular navigation strategies such as contouring and deliberate error. Maps will be provided to you.
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Intensive

Cost: $80 ($110 list price. You save $30)
Duration: 8 hours
Prerequisite: none
Type: in-class course followed by a field trip to Seymour Provincial Park
Bring: compass
This is the most valued course. It is a complete workshop. The course includes all subjects of Theory & Practice courses. It is an intense 8 hours course. You will learn the subjects below and have a chance to practice on the them in Seymour Park. We will supply you with maps.
  • Maps
    • Reading and visualizing topographic maps
    • Types, scale, distance, elevation, grade, direction
    • Navigation by map
  • Compass
    • Bearings
    • Navigation by compass
  • Map and Compass
    • Declination
    • Putting them together
    • Navigation by map and compass
    • Staying found
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Advance

Cost: $80
Duration: 4 hours
Prerequisite: Intensive or Theory
Type: in-class course
Bring: compass
This is our advance course. This is for anyone who is striving to perfect their navigation skills. Maps will be provided to you. The course covers the following subjects:
  • advance map visualizations
  • micro terrain and invisible features
  • direction of the slope
  • intervisibility
  • advance navigation by Compass
  • advance triangulation
  • route planning.
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