Walking/Hiking Answers
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Hi, I was wondering if it would be seen as wise for me and a couple of reminds to do wild camping in the Pitlochry area in Scotland. Our aim is to climb as many as possible munros as possible that we see as been possible to climb without cliffs etc. We would like to keep it close to a hostel and spend the first and last night there to have time to prep bags etc. and other ammendment. We would plan on going out for 2-4days camping in the hills.
Now the problem I see is we are all going to be 16 years old and haven't Been onany mountaineering course to perfect our skills in the hills. The only person I would see of having experience would be myself through doing my Bronze and Silver D of E and bits I have learnt from scouts. So I would say I'm confident using a map and now about planning a route before hand and checking alternative routes and the best places to camp due to the ground conditions. Would you see this as having enough experience with navigation (and of course I can follow my planed route using different methods) and hillwalking to complete an expedition like this or....? ( and my other fiends have experience of hillwalking but not using navigation methods and I also understand the kit required to do something like this.)
A response from any experienced person on this website would be hugely appreciated!
Dan Smith Dunfermline
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