Looking back is a great tip I never thought of, but makes complete sense because even when I drive familiar roads, they look completely different when traveling in the other direction.
I was sailing on an unfamiliar lake once. At some point early after taking off, I thought, Id better look back to see where I came from. The shore was rocky and it may have been a longer walk than I wanted.
The declination gets figured in before you are checking your bearing. Once you figured that out and dialed in the heading, you just flip the compass around and everything is still accounted for. I'm in Minnesota, and our declination is 1 degree, so I can ignore it since it's hard to even be that accurate when walking in the woods.
Looking back is a great tip I never thought of, but makes complete sense because even when I drive familiar roads, they look completely different when traveling in the other direction.
I was sailing on an unfamiliar lake once. At some point early after taking off, I thought, Id better look back to see where I came from. The shore was rocky and it may have been a longer walk than I wanted.
Absolutely. It's one of those reminders that seems self evident and obvious but also seems fairly uncommon.
Great info!
Thank you !
Declination?
The declination gets figured in before you are checking your bearing. Once you figured that out and dialed in the heading, you just flip the compass around and everything is still accounted for. I'm in Minnesota, and our declination is 1 degree, so I can ignore it since it's hard to even be that accurate when walking in the woods.