NSC Outdoor Adventures

17/09/2024

Not content with making many pensioners worse off, they are now considering attacking everybody else. We already pay per mile through VAT and fuel duty! The more we drive the more fuel we use and the more duty and VAT we pay. This is a further tax on economic activity. We haev to drive to shop, or get things delivered, drive to GPs and hospital appointments, drive to work.

23,232 signatures are still needed! Stop the Introduction of 'Pay-Per-Mile' Vehicle Tax Bands

24/10/2023

Mobile Climbing Wall for sale, due to retirement. Ex Entre-prise 4 stance 6.5m with multiple route options. Four True Blue autobelays, 5 new tyres, overhauled brakes, new lift motor, recent new battery, recent new towing hitch. Many spare holds, ropes for manual belay, strengthened clip points for quick draws lead belaying demonstration, harnesses, fencing and poles. Just under 2 tonne for towing. Rear flood lights and side and reversing camera. PM with your email address for queries. In popular demand at shows, fairs, schools, scouts, etc. Offers around £13K.

21/10/2022

There are a few spaces available on a National Navigation Award Silver course running on 5th and 6th November. This attracts SVQ points and gives lots of practise and guidance with the key tools for navigation in poor visibility. Go to www.nscoutdooradventures.com for more details.

14/08/2022

We are at the Cortachy Highland Games with the climbing wall today. Don't forget to pop by and say hello or even have a climb if you are visiting. We offer a range of Mountain Training Hill & Mountain Skills Courses, National Navigation Award Bronze, Silver Gold Training and Assessment, and a range of other courses to suit your needs and keep you safe in the hills and mountains. We are also a MIDAS Mini Bus Awareness Training and Assessment provider.
https://www.nscoutdooradventures.com/

Long distance trails in Scotland

16/03/2022

An interesting slide that was shared with the Mountain Training England council members by the rep from Mountain Rescue England and Wales today, while I was representing Association of Mountaineering Instructors.

From the 1612 incidents that they dealt with in 2019, you can see that a large proportion of the contributing factors were based around Human Error, Poor Decisions and Inexperience.

What mitigation processes do you put in place in order not to become a statistic?

Here are some useful tools, articles and even an online course that my help:

https://www.adventuresmart.uk/
http://beaware.sais.gov.uk/ Scottish Avalanche Information Service.
https://www.highlandadventureschool.co.uk/post/be-adventure-aware Highland Adventure School
https://mountain-assurance.teachable.com/p/mountain-crm Mountain Assurance

Are there any others that you would recommend?

27/07/2021

The importance of using grid references rather than relying on mobile phone apps.

❌❌ Callout 38 of 2021 ❌❌
Yesterday we were called to assist with the evacuation of a Mountain Biker in the Innerleithen area who had suffered a head and shoulder injury.

The initial incident location had been established using a popular mobile phone app but this mapped to an area about 1km from the incident site - this anomaly was picked up by our incident manager as the location didn't match the description of where the casualty said they were. Luckily the casualty party had also been able to ascertain an OS Grid reference which allowed us to deploy to the correct location.

We would urge users of mobile phone apps to cross check the position generated by any mapping app with what they understand their location to be and not assume the generated position is 100% accurate.

As an MRT we will always work with the information given to try and get to you as quickly and as safely as possible. Our preference is an OS Grid reference but we can work with any other location format such as Lat/Lon, What3Words, forest marker post numbers, local mountain bike trail names or even a a physical description of where you are.

24/03/2021

Thank you NHS Tayside,

20/02/2021

Call Out 07/21: A Call Out this lunchtime for a disorientated hillwalker on Mount Keen. Fortunately the hillwalker was able to make their way to the Car Park where they were met by Team Members.

Thanks to Braemar MRT and Rescue 151 for their assistance.

Navigating using a mobile phone is no substitute for a map and compass and knowing how to use both.

Please also respect the current situation regarding the lockdown, and only exercise locally.

Tayside Mountain Rescue Team is made up entirely of volunteers who live in the operational area. A wide variety of professions can be found in the Team. All are skilled and experienced mountaineers. Team Members are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to help anyone who is in trouble in the mountains.
We rely on public donations to fund the work that we do, if you would like to contribute, please visit our Just Giving page and follow the link:
https://www.justgiving.com/tmra
All Weather. All Terrain. All Hours.

11/02/2021

Stunning winter conditions from 23 Feb 2010. Last time it was like this. Haven't had a winter as good until now. Lockdown means we can only reminisce.