Ticket to ride - no wands necessary

[feliciarickmann]

No: HPFGUIDX 42572

> If, as I've always assumed (sorry I
> > can't quote canon here because I simply don't remember it, if it 
> > exists) one needs a wand to apparate, ...........?  
> > 
> > Marianne, queen of the deadbolts


Can someone confirm that a wand IS definitely needed to apparate. I 
do not remember anything that that effect in canon.  Not to cast 
aspertions on Marianne, it's just that I know that seems to have been 
no *apparations* as such only floo powder, portkeys and the like.    

Would a wand be necessary to focus wazarding power or would an 
experienced wizard be able to focus the necessary energy without it.
By way of example, we can all run for the bus, but only athletes like 
Dwain Chambers and Maurice Green can run under 10 seconds and get 
gold medals.  

Certification is necessary before a wizard is formally allowed to 
apparate as, it is, and this canon does confirm, dangerous for the 
inexperienced.  I would expect, myself, that anyone capable of 
sophisticated and complex magic would in all probability be able to 
apparate without a wand, although they would not recommend doing it 
too often.

Felicia