MOUNTAIN TRAINING

Monday/Tuesday: REC (L5) Travel & Expedition First Aid for the MOD Wednesday/Thursday/Friday: HML Assessment Saturday: Trek Talk at the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Visitor Centre

Bigfoot Services Limited are no longer delivering NNAS Bronze and Silver Navigator Awards. From January 2020 we are only delivering Gold Navigator Award trainng and assessment courses and the NNAS Tutor Award. We are happy to recommend two partner organisations who are now delivering these courses in the Brecon Beacons Read more…

This post is for those using LinkedIn and Twitter where this training video can’t be posted because it’s slightly over the 10 minute maximum for posting videos. For those interested, the video can be viewed on our website – https://www.bigfootservices.co.uk/about/media/ The Portable Altitude Chamber (PAC) is used to treat high Read more…

In 2019 we delivered ten courses from the Mountain Training range of courses: HML Training (x 5), HML Assessment (x 4) and mountain skills (x 1). These courses will continue to be delivered throughout 2020. These courses are all held in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

In 2019, Bigfoot Services Limited trained 41 candidates through the various courses available within the National Navigation Award Scheme: Bronze Navigator Award Silver Navigator Award Gold Navigator Award Tutor Award Courses are available in 2020 although several of our Q1 courses are already fully booked. We have been delivering NNAS Read more…

March 18th/19th – HML refresher training in mid-Wales for those in the consolidation period between HML Training and HML Assessment. This will be a day and a half of quality walking in mid-Wales with the opportunity to have questions answered and DLOGs reviewed by Alan Ward (IML) who delivers the Read more…

Congratulations to newly qualified HMLs, Mags Davies (blue jacket) and Helen Menhinick (orange/red jacket), for leading this 14km walk across the Brecon Beacons yesterday.

Congratulations to Mags Davies, Helen Menhinick, Mark Angell and Neil Maliphant who passed this award today after three days of intensive assessment including a night navigation assessment and challenging weather conditions – well done everyone!!!

This morning I was interviewed by Dr Tom Smith (Cardiff University) and Dr Rachel Hunt (Edinburgh University) who are running this project. The project is interested in the process of recording experience and understanding how skill and competence are communicated. From historical mountain leader logbooks to the latest DLOG offered Read more…

This month sees another fully booked Training Course (17th – 20th) and a fully booked Assessment Course (23th – 25th). Good luck to all the participants on these two courses! As one of the most frequent providers of this course in Wales, courses are available on a regular basis. Other Read more…