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Navigation & safety
Maps, compasses and first aid — the things you carry hoping not to need.
Phone batteries die and cloud comes in. An Ordnance Survey Explorer sheet and a baseplate compass do neither, weigh almost nothing, and are the difference between an inconvenience and a mountain rescue callout.
OS Explorer Map
1:25,000, the standard for walking in Britain. Buy the sheet for where you are going.
Ordnance Survey · at
Amazon · Around £10
Silva Expedition 4 Compass
Baseplate compass with a proper bearing scale. Learn to use it before you need it.
Silva · at
Amazon
Lifesystems Trek First Aid Kit
Blister plasters and a foil blanket at minimum, on any hill day.
Lifesystems · at
Amazon
Map Case
Because paper maps and British weather have a long and difficult history.
Various · at
Amazon · Under £15
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