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Haywood County hosts wilderness navigation course

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Haywood County Recreation is offering a wilderness navigation course that will equip hikers with the basics of modern navigation required to not become lost in the wilderness. 

The course covers hike planning and preparation, actions to take during the hike and what to do if someone becomes bewildered. The foundations and fundamentals of traditional map and compass are presented with hands-on exercises. The information is then used to provide and introduction to modern navigation using a common cell phone app called Gaia. Participants should download Gaia prior to the course.

This six-hour course will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 10 in Waynesville at the Allens Creek Park pavilion.

Registration deadline is 3 p.m. Dec. 9. Register at secure.rec1.com/nc/haywood-county-nc/catalog.  

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