Hill Walking

Description: Book
Code: ISBN 0-9541511-0-0
Publisher: MLTUK

This book is a reference tool for every walker, packed with essential information and techniques and containing specific hints and tips for those who wish to lead in the hills.

The book is the official handbook for the Mountain Leader and Walking Group Leader schemes. The book is split into three parts: Getting around in the Hills, The Upland Environment and Group Management. Chapters include information on:

• Navigation and equipment
• Understanding the environment and recognising its hazards, including the latest information on water safety for walkers
• Risk management, leadership and expedition skills
• New developments in GPS, remote supervision of groups, access legislation and rope work
• Also many tried and tested techniques that enable walkers to consolidate existing skills and develop new ones.

The functional design, easy-reference colour-coded pages, striking illustrations that complement the text and accurate relief and line maps make this book an indispensible guide to the skills required for summer hill walking.

Mountain Leader Training has been at the forefront in the development of walkers' skills for forty years. This book is the first of a series of manuals for walkers and climbers and has been produced by collaboration between the authors at the Mountain Training Trust's centre, Plas y Brenin, and experts within Mountain Leader Training.