TeamWalking runs 2‑day wild camping courses

TeamWalking is offering a two-day “Mountain Skills with Wild Camping” course in the Lake District, combining accredited mountain training with an overnight camp in the hills. (teamwalking.co.uk) The course is run by Mark Reid, whom TeamWalking identifies as a Mountain Leader, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and author of “The Inn Way” guidebooks. TeamWalking says all of its outdoor courses are personally led by Reid. (teamwalking.co.uk 1) (teamwalking.co.uk 2) TeamWalking lists the price at £150 and says the package includes two days of mountain skills and navigation training, access to eight video tutorials, maps and compass use during the course, and a certificate of attendance. (teamwalking.co.uk) The company says the course is accredited by Mountain Training, the U.K. awarding body network for walking, climbing and mountaineering qualifications and skills courses. Mountain Training describes Mountain Skills as a course for people learning to look after themselves in steep, rocky mountain terrain. (teamwalking.co.uk) (mountain-training.org 1) (mountain-training.org 2) TeamWalking pitches the weekend at walkers moving from lower-level hills into the fells and mountains, with instruction in route planning, weather, map and compass work, relocation, steep ground, hazards and emergency procedures. (teamwalking.co.uk 1) (teamwalking.co.uk 2) The wild-camping element is presented as an add-on to the core Mountain Skills syllabus rather than a separate qualification. TeamWalking says the overnight stay is meant to extend learning into evening navigation, campcraft and mountain-environment practice. (teamwalking.co.uk) (teamwalking.co.uk) TeamWalking says groups are capped at eight participants and that it can provide most camping kit, including a tent, sleep mat, expedition rucksack, dry bag and Jetboil stove, while participants bring their own sleeping bag, food and walking clothing. (teamwalking.co.uk) (teamwalking.co.uk) If weather is not suitable for a high camp, TeamWalking says the group will use a remote valley campsite instead. The company also says Reid has logged 106 nights of wild camping experience with groups. (teamwalking.co.uk) The course sits inside a broader TeamWalking lineup of navigation, mountain and outdoor-adventure products in the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District and Scotland. On its course pages, the company says it has taken more than 21,500 people walking since 2007. (teamwalking.co.uk) (teamwalking.co.uk) Mountain Training’s own guidance frames these skills courses as preparation for independent days in the hills and mountains, not guided tourism alone. TeamWalking is selling its weekend in that same lane: a short, instructor-led route into self-reliant mountain travel. (mountain-training.org) (mountain-training.org)