Free Course

🎒 Free course · No card details, no catch. Instant access with your email.

100% Free · 13 Lessons

The Hill Walker’s Digital Safety Net

That cold twinge of panic when your battery hits 10% and you’re still miles from the car? This free course makes sure you never feel it again. Turn your everyday phone into a reliable, rugged backup safety tool.

  • The battery secret that makes one charge last a full weekend
  • Offline maps that work in the remotest valleys
  • The 999 text lifeline that works when a call won’t connect

Why this course exists

We all carry incredible devices in our pockets, but most walkers treat them exactly like they do in the city. On the hill, “hoping for the best” isn’t a strategy. If you can send a text message, you can master these skills.

What’s inside

13 short lessons, three parts.

Practical and jargon-free. Do the first part at your kitchen table tonight.

Part 1 · At home · 5 lessons

The Bulletproof Setup

  • The “Airplane Mode” secret
  • The offline map protocol
  • 999 SMS registration
  • Medical ID: the “unconscious” check
  • The pocket check & multipath errors

Part 2 · On the hill · 5 lessons

Best Practice Out Walking

  • Your grid reference with OS Locate
  • The relocation drill
  • “Two is one”: the backup app
  • The magnet trap (compass killer)
  • The power protocol

Part 3 · Your kit · 3 lessons

Hardware That Won’t Fail

  • The touchscreen rain fix
  • PLBs & satellite messengers
  • Course wrap: your next step

🎬 13 video lessons with written versions of every one · learn on any device

Included free

The Navigation Resources Pack comes with it.

Print them, laminate them, keep them in your map case:

  • Navigation cheat sheet
  • Emergency situations guide
  • Timing crib card
  • Route card template
  • OS Map reference sheet
  • Hike planning & safety checklist
Free navigation resources pack
Matt, Bondringo founder

Why is it free?

Simple: I want you to experience how I teach before you ever spend a penny. If these 13 lessons make you feel safer on the hills, you’ll know exactly what the full Mountain Navigation Course can do. And if the free course is all you ever take, you’ll still be a safer walker, and that’s the whole point of Bondringo.

— Matt, outdoor instructor for 15+ years

Your phone is already in your pocket.
Make it earn its place.

Free, instant access, and about an hour of your time to become a noticeably safer walker.

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