Basic Navigation Workshop

How it went

At the trailhead: breifing about getting your bearings. Looking at landmarks & making a mental note of which landmark is in which direction.
One participant confirms & follows a trail.
We reach a point where there are multiple trails leading in different directions.
We decided to explore to the trail to a point I marked on Google Maps (shared a Google Maps link) [Mostly becasue free version of most navigation apps don't have satellite imagery]
Went to the lake while the participants we recording the path we took.
Chilled at the lake for sometime.
Decided to retrace our recorded path & resume on the trail provided for the small cave
Another participant took over.
Through-cave traverse.
A different person navigated to the big cave
Walked back to the trailhead.
Lunch at Mandarathi Gardenia.
Back home
Expenses: ₹750 (breakfast, lunch, fuel+toll in car, auto-rickshaw)
Photos uploaded to album
New pond trail gpx shared by participants

End goal: Hike with a provided gpx file & navigate on your own
Will share setup instructions that you need to go through before joining the hike
I will help you with figuring out how to use the app.
How to explore new areas without getting lost. How to retrace your own path.
Sensor calibration.
Rotate in the same location & see how the pointer moves wrt to the map.
Exploration. Retrace your path.
Looking back. Marking waypoints mentally.

Free (pay as you like after the hike; any payment is redeemable as a discount when buying my guide [price locked in at ₹2000/2500])
Transportaion & food not included. We will carpool (can do this at a spot accessible from a train station)