Questions about the Going Outdoors Safely poster

What’s on the Going Outdoors Safely poster?

13 entries in 3 groups. Educational reference. Conditions change faster than plans do. Before: Check the forecast — mountain-specific, Tell someone your route and return ti…; Carry: Map and compass, and know how to use them, Waterproofs, extra layer, Head torc…; During: Turn back when the plan stops working, Keep the group together, Reassess at e…. Turning back is a skill. Most serious incidents involve continuing when the sensible decision was to stop.

Who is the Going Outdoors Safely poster for?

Going Outdoors Safely belongs to the Practical skills section rather than to a school year, because life skills is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning outdoors can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Going Outdoors Safely poster?

Most incidents are inadequate preparation meeting deteriorating weather. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Going Outdoors Safely belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Going Outdoors Safely?

Building a Fire, Six Knots and Foraging Safety sit alongside Going Outdoors Safely in the Practical skills section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Building a FireSix KnotsForaging Safety

Is the Going Outdoors Safely poster free to download and print?

Yes. Going Outdoors Safely downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Practical skills section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Going Outdoors Safely poster print at?

Going Outdoors Safely is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Going Outdoors Safely loses nothing.Printing guide