Clueless climbers to receive GPS lessons
CLIMBERS are to be given lessons in how to use their hi-tech equipment in a bid to save them from danger on Scotland's mountains.
In recent years Global Positioning System (GPS) devices have become hugely popular among those heading out into Scotland's countryside. But mountain safety experts claims people are placing themselves in danger by being unable to use the devices properly.
In response, the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) is running a series of training courses to put walkers on the right track.
Heather Morning said: "It is very obvious that many folk who own a GPS can only turn the thing on and get a grid reference. They have no idea how to use it as a tool to navigate off a mountain when they become disorientated."
Email to a friend
Print this page- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Scottish independence: ‘People here are best qualified to run Scotland’
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Saturday 26 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 20 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 12 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east
