Why Book a Navigation Course with Beyond the Edge?
Aside from our professional qualifications (Between us we hold the following awards; Mountain Leader, Winter Mountain Leader, Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and International Mountain Leader) we also have one of the most experienced instructor teams in the UK.
We train and assess future leaders on Mountain Training approved leadership courses such as Lowland Leader, Hill and Moorland Leader and Mountain Leader.
We teach practical techniques acquired from our own experiences, adventures and expeditions. We have navigated in all weathers not only in our wonderful British hills, mountains and moors, but also internationally where we have walked, climbed, hiked and trekked on multiple continents.
Here is a small sample of the worldwide walking, trekking and mountaineering areas our core team of leaders, instructors and coaches have visited.
We have climbed extensively in the European alps including in Chamonix, Zermatt and the Dolomites. Also in the Pyrenees, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Greenland.
Further afield we have walked, trekked and mountaineered in arctic Canada, in the mountains and deserts of the USA, in Jordan, Oman, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Morocco, Mongolia and even the Falkland Islands.
We have mountaineered in Peru, Patagonia, Morocco, Tanzania, the Ugandan mountains of the moon, Kurdistan, Georgia, Russia, Argentina and Ecuador and have extensive experience of climbing in the Himalayas up to and including on 8000m mountains.
We have travelled with Sami reindeer herders, with Sherpas in the Himalayas, with Apache and Navaho guides in Utah and Arizona. With Borneo jungle guides and got lost and found in the labyrinthine desert canyons of Wadi Rum.
We have navigated down moon lit Himalayan glaciers, through Arabian deserts and even survived the rigours of night navigation on the Kinder Plateau.
We have the qualifications and the experience to help you learn those essential navigational skills and feel more confident venturing outdoors and in the wilds without over reliance on your phone.
We can teach you how to pick a map, how to plan, time and pace your journey. How to take a compass bearing and teach you what to do when you get lost.
You can find our navigation and map reading courses here – https://www.beyondtheedge.co.uk/product-category/skills-courses/peak-district-navigation-courses/
These courses include a one day introduction.
We offer two day Beginners Navigation, two day Intermediate Navigation and a two day Advanced Navigation course.
We also run the National Navigation Awards Scheme courses NNAS Silver Award and the NNAS Gold Award.
You may like to try navigating at night in a safe and supportive environment, if so here is our Night Navigation Evening.
If you are getting ready for a Hill and Moorland Leader or Mountain Leader Assessment you can attend a HML or ML Refresher.
We can help and guide you with any hill walking, trekking and mountaineering ambitions. To talk to us about any bespoke training or advice on planning a trip or expedition send us an email, message or give us a call.
Alex
Beyond the Edge Ltd is based in the Peak District, easily reached by train from London and within easy travelling distance from Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham and other Northern towns and cities.
We are one of the UKs most experienced providers of climbing, walking, scrambling, mountaineering and navigation training courses. We also train and assess future leaders and instructors via the Mountain Training qualifications including Lowland Leader, Hill and Moorland Leader, Mountain Leader, Bouldering Wall Instructor, Climbing Wall Instructor and Rock Climbing Instructor.
Most of our courses are run in the Peak District National Park which has some of the finest rock climbing, bouldering, walking and hiking in the world.
