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Navigation Blog

Insightful articles, useful tips and interesting stories on navigating outdoors - written by HARVEY Ambassador, Nigel Williams.

Sitting out a winter storm
Sitting out a winter storm
Navigating and safety in winter
Navigating and safety in winter
Why do people get lost in British hills?
Why do people get lost in British hills?
Map and compass, or phone? Integrating your devices
Map and compass, or phone? Integrating your devices
Teaching Navigation - how the book came about
Teaching Navigation - how the book came about
Long routes and multi-day walks
Long routes and multi-day walks
How good is your sense of direction?
How good is your sense of direction?
Journey Stories and navigation methods
Journey Stories and navigation methods
Terrain confidence and spatial awareness
Terrain confidence and spatial awareness
Navigation decision making - the OODA loop
Navigation decision making - the OODA loop
Buying a compass
Buying a compass
How accurate is your compass work?
How accurate is your compass work?
Why I teach with an orienteering map
Why I teach with an orienteering map
Navigation stories for 2024 and beyond
Navigation stories for 2024 and beyond
The Munros and other tick lists
The Munros and other tick lists
Teaching the next generation to navigate
Teaching the next generation to navigate
The Polar Academy - Part 2
The Polar Academy - Part 2
The Polar Academy - Part 1
The Polar Academy - Part 1
A Career in the Outdoors
A Career in the Outdoors
Warm Weather Walking
Warm Weather Walking
Stuck in Greenland
Stuck in Greenland
Meet Nigel Williams - a Q&A
Meet Nigel Williams - a Q&A
What to do when completely disorientated or lost
What to do when completely disorientated or lost
Navigation on skis
Navigation on skis
Refresh your winter navigation skills
Refresh your winter navigation skills
Navigation in 2022 - what was new?
Navigation in 2022 - what was new?
Night navigation
Night navigation
Using a compass, a beginner's guide
Using a compass, a beginner's guide
Land access and rights of way
Land access and rights of way
Orienteering maps and navigation
Orienteering maps and navigation
Mountain Marathons
Mountain Marathons
Steep terrain and contours
Steep terrain and contours
Pacing - what is a pace?
Pacing - what is a pace?
Is there still a place for a paper map in a digital world?
Is there still a place for a paper map in a digital world?
Have we lost the instinct of spatial awareness?
Have we lost the instinct of spatial awareness?
Going Solo
Going Solo
Understanding map scale
Understanding map scale
Kilometres or Miles ...?
Kilometres or Miles ...?
Lightweight Equipment
Lightweight Equipment
February 2022 - Compasses and magnetism
February 2022 - Compasses and magnetism
December 2021 - Navigation and looking ahead
December 2021 - Navigation and looking ahead
December 2021 - Navigation and Mountain Weather
December 2021 - Navigation and Mountain Weather
December 2021 - Landscape, ecology & navigation clues
December 2021 - Landscape, ecology & navigation clues
December 2021 - Tips on navigating in a winter white out
December 2021 - Tips on navigating in a winter white out
December 2021 - Winter clothing tips
December 2021 - Winter clothing tips
December 2021 - Winter munroing kit
December 2021 - Winter munroing kit
December 2021 - Be avalanche aware
December 2021 - Be avalanche aware
November 2021 - COP26
November 2021 - COP26
November 2021 - Strategies to Avoid Winter Hazards
November 2021 - Strategies to Avoid Winter Hazards
November 2021 - Decision Making
November 2021 - Decision Making
October 2021 - It's getting dark
October 2021 - It's getting dark
October 2021 - Mountain Training Awards
October 2021 - Mountain Training Awards
September 2021 - Navigation Top Tips
September 2021 - Navigation Top Tips
September 2021 - Advanced Navigation Skills
September 2021 - Advanced Navigation Skills
August 2021 - Summer Walking Kit List
August 2021 - Summer Walking Kit List
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Strategies
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Strategies
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Compass Bearings
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Compass Bearings
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Compass Skills
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Compass Skills
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Map Skills
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Map Skills
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Introduction
June 2021 - Intermediate Navigation Skills - Introduction
May 2021 - National Map Reading Week
May 2021 - National Map Reading Week
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Contours
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Contours
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Simple Strategies
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Simple Strategies
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Basic skills
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Basic skills
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Choosing a map
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Choosing a map
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Introduction
May 2021 - Beginner's Guide to Navigation - Introduction
April 2021 - Route planning on the move
April 2021 - Route planning on the move
April 2021 - Route planning
April 2021 - Route planning
March 2021 - What 3 Words
March 2021 - What 3 Words
March 2021 - NNAS
March 2021 - NNAS
December 2020 - Navigating 2020 and beyond
December 2020 - Navigating 2020 and beyond
November 2020 - Cognitive navigation and GPS
November 2020 - Cognitive navigation and GPS
September 2020 - MapRun
September 2020 - MapRun
July 2020 - Navigation Research
July 2020 - Navigation Research
March 2020 - Contours, round or over, how to do a rough calculation
March 2020 - Contours, round or over, how to do a rough calculation
December 2019 - Using the 3rd dimension for navigation
December 2019 - Using the 3rd dimension for navigation
November 2019 - Contours the 3rd Dimension
November 2019 - Contours the 3rd Dimension
July 2019 - Contours some historical anecdotes
July 2019 - Contours some historical anecdotes
March 2019 - Global Warming
March 2019 - Global Warming
November 2018 - Altimeters
November 2018 - Altimeters
October 2018 - The psychology of getting lost
October 2018 - The psychology of getting lost

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