Re: [at-l] to compass or not to compass?

["KC" <wareagle@ioa.com>]

Easy,,,When you arrive at the shelter,,,you are approaching it from a
particular direction,,,take the compass and lay it on the ground next to the
side of the shelter facing the way you want to go in the morning. When you
wake up,,,you will know which way to go!
KC
*My job in life is to comfort the disturbed
 and disturb the comfortable.*

> << Of course, having a compass and not knowing how to use it, is just
plain
> bad, too. >>
>
> Strangely enough, another lister at The Place this weekend said that very
> same thing.  I won't mention that this was after I admitted that I had one
(a
> free one tossed to me by Mountainsmith reps at Tdaze last year) but didn't
> have a clue as to how to use it.  Okay, maybe I *will* mention it. <g>
> Because honestly, I don't see how, if I'm at a shelter and got there late
and
> forgot which way I came in, knowing where north is will help.  The Trail
may
> run north to south technically, but realistically it is all over the
place.
> So, somebody tell me - I have a compass, I wake up in the shelter, there
are
> two Trails with white blazes leading from the shelter, and I can't
remember
> which one I came in on - HOW can I figure out the right way to go with a
> compass?  Whoever answers this question adequately for me will secure a
prize
> . . . (Beer? Pepsi? A Calzone at Quinceys? (worked for JPJ <g>)  I am just
> really confused still - and never having been a boy(or girl) scout,  it's
> really an honest to goodness question :))  (and can I learn it without
taking
> a class?)
>
> The Redhead
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