Essential Tips for a Successful Expedition
Prepare for an expedition by knowing how to walk, dress, eat, drink, and navigate effectively. Keep your assessor happy by following guidelines on route, time management, and etiquette. Enjoy the journey while staying safe and supportive of your team.
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How to do things on an expedition Walk, Dress, Eat, Drink, Navigate Keep your Assessor happy Enjoy yourselves
How to do things on an expedition Here are the headings used to discuss how to walk well and enjoy an expedition. See detailed suggestions on the next slides. Note the details about making water safe to drink. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Walk Dress Eat Drink Navigate Keep your Assessor happy Enjoy yourselves
How to do things on an expedition Walk Boots, socks, blisters Speed - pace of slowest Keep to times on route card Hills - shorten pace, walk at an angle across slope (traversing) Contouring - but follow agreed route Rocky ground, muddy ground, boggy ground Rucksack: adjusting; loading; lifting; walking Remember road safety including forestry vehicles: no earphones Pay attention to what you are doing and what is around you: traffic? bikes? animals? holes in ground? Dress For rain For heat For sun - sunblock (only what you need!) For midges etc - net, repellent; keep tent door shut!
How to do things on an expedition Eat Drink Drink plenty. Carry 2 litres per day. To be safe, water must either be boiled for at least one minute or treated with water purifying tablets (Chlorine Dioxide is the most effective). It should be taken from a free flowing stream/small river, preferably not a pond or loch. Check upstream for 100/150m to make sure there is nothing in the water that could be harmful - dead animals, rubbish, chemicals etc. If in doubt, always treat with tablets rather than boil. Navigate Use route card, map, compass and watch at all stages. Don't assume somebody else knows! Lots of high energy, lightweight food: Meals - breakfast & evening Snacks - as you go, including lunch
How to do things on an expedition Keep your Assessor happy Keep to your route. Keep to time. Shut gates if you open them. Don't block a gate, stile or path - be polite to other people. No litter! Phones only for emergency, or as a camera. Don't use social media! Work on your project. Enjoy yourselves Chat to each other Make decisions as a group Don't listen to music etc as you go! Support each other - help to put rucksack on; get someone's water bottle etc from pack Take photos and notes of what you see.
How to do things on an expedition Walk, Dress, Eat, Drink, Navigate Keep your Assessor happy Enjoy yourselves Walk steadily, as a group, look after feet. Dress for conditions. Eat lots all day. Drink enough all day. Follow route card using map and compass. Keep to time, respect the environment. Work as a group. Support each other.
