[at-l] Re: taking maps/compass or not... Part II

[lbooher at pure.net (lbooher)]

Also, I really don't read a compass, for all the fact that I've dutifully 
carried one all these years.  What I do, though, is the watch thing.  Point 
your hour hand towards the sun, and halfway between there and 12:00 is 
South.  That works well enough for me to get some basic acclimation.  
anklebear


On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:18:37 EST, Slyatpct wrote
> In a message dated 11/13/2003 3:38:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> sloetoe@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> > And a compass, too. (That
> > laughter you here is JimOwens, falling off his single-Leki eagle
> > perch. Just hearing "compass" in the same sentence as "Aye-Tee"
> > gives him giggle-fits. He snorts; he titters; his eyes water.
> > The man's disgusting.)
> > 
> 
> LOL...  That's right declinationtoe, we're always hearing about 
> someone that accidently walks the wrong way when they come out a 
> shelter.  Here's a little tip case you forget your compass sometime, 
> "right in, right out or left in left out."  Remember that and you'll 
> save yourself  a few steps.
> 
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