Mountain Leadership Training: Hill Walking [ISBN: 0 9541511 0 0]

Mountain Leadership 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 a collaboration between the authors at the Mountain Training Trust's centre, and experts within Mountain Leadership Training.

This book is a reference tool for every walker as well as for those who wish to lead in the hills.  Its functional design with easy reference, colour coded pages, striking illustrations that complement the text and accurate relief and line maps, make this book an indispensable guide to the skills required for summer hill walking.

Chapters include information on:

• Navigation and Equipment.
• Understanding the Environment and recognising its Hazards, including information on water safety for walkers.
• Risk Management, Leadership and Expedition Skills.
• 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.