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This material is taken from Chapter 6 - Wilderness Travel from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis. For more details on this exciting book check out The Backpacker's Field Manual Page. This ...

1) You’re looking at the land, and your map, but it’s still easy to get turned around. First, orient your map properly to True North (TN). Then you can correlate paper landmarks to real ones. 2) ...

In The Forest, it can be easy to get lost in the dangerous wilderness and labyrinth-like cave systems, but if you have the Map and Compass you will have an easier time keeping track of where you have ...

Historically, there have been two tools to help guide us in our travels. One is a map, and the other is a compass. They are two very different things. A map is a drawn out picture of freeways and ...