Full permission to be disappointed...
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You can be forgiven for thinking that I shouldn't have got lost today as I came down from Wansfell Pike. After all, I just completed a beginner's navigation course on Saturday.
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However, there is only so much a course can teach - the rest is up to me to make the right decisions. .
Today I decided to go for a 'quick walk' up Wansfell - just straight up and down from Troutbeck. I didn't have a proper map (just a little printed drawing from the hostel) and I didnt have a compass.
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I could see the summit and I figured I'd just reverse the journey to come back down.
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Big mistake, even though I thought I had sight of Nanny's lane, I was wrong. After summiting, I climbed down the mountain with a skip and a jump, walked over to what I thought was my original route, and was shocked to find that it wasn't Nanny's lane - I don't know who's lane it was but it definitely wasn't Nanny's.
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With dread I realised that I'd totally misjudged it and was lost. Thanks to Google maps on my phone I got back to the car safe. Thanks to my arrogance, I nearly didn't.
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Lesson learned, one nav course doesn't make anyone the expert.
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Anyway, it was a bloody good course with @mammutmountainschooluk and I pledge to use the skills I learned from this day forward!
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