🏔️ Hiking x Wilderness Medicine Society: ReFreshers GIAG ⛑️

Ever wondered if you could actually look after yourself (and your friends) on a day out in the hills — without phone signal, fancy gear, or Google maps to save you?

This ReFreshers, Hiking Society and Wilderness Medicine Society are teaming up to give you the essential skills to feel confident, capable, and calm in the outdoors!

Whether you’re a total beginner or already love a good day on the moors, this session will level up your hill skills and teach you how to handle real-life situations when help isn’t immediately around.

🧭 Part 1: Navigation Skills with Hiking Society

We’ll cover:

🗺️ Basic map reading – understanding map symbols and what they mean on the ground

⛰️ Interpreting contours – how to visualise hills, valleys, and ridges before you even set off

🧭 Using a compass and taking bearings – so you can walk in the right direction, even in fog 👀!

🚑 Part 2: Wilderness First Aid with Wilderness Medicine Society

We’ll walk through common medical emergencies you might face on the hills and how to manage them with minimal kit. 

😵 You find someone unconscious on a hillside
What can you do to help them with no kit? How do you call for help if there’s no signal?

🧠 Your friend starts “making no sense” mid-walk
Confused? Slurring? Acting strangely? What's going on with them and what should you do?

🥶 Cold, wet, exhausted walker who's sprained their ankle
How to create a make-shift splint and get them warmed up and off the hill safely!

Tickets are FREE, but please get one so we know how many people are coming! 💚

See you in Parkinson SR B.22 on Tuesday 3rd February at 5:45PM for a 6:00PM start!