Thread: Navigation with compass and map

Really not all that hard to practise triangulation.

If you live in an urban environment, take bearings off any of the following:

railway stations
radio masts
trig beacons
points where power lines cross known roads
highway overpasses
in hilly suburbs you'll often find roads run thru saddles

and in the bush, different strategies depending on if you have clear line of sight... in dense stuff, practise walking on a bearing, an learn how long it takes to cover different types of terrain. count stream crossings, forks in the track (within reason - remember that streams can be dry, and some side tracks are not indicated on a map) etc.

on rigelines and on the tops where you have clear line of sight, different strategy applies.

each has its own pitfalls - very easy to take the wrong ridgeline coming off a peak, and walking a bearing in dense bush is probably one of the hardest things to do...