[pct-l] Navigation without GPS

[Dave Fajer]

REI $80  !!!  Yikes!  REI must have regional fees.  Map and Compass
Navigation Basics class at REI in Portland, Oregon is only $30 for members.

Coastal

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Dan Jacobs <youroldpaldan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Martin M. Clark
> <martin.m.clark at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Fellow PCT hikers,
> >
> > I gave a question regarding navigation without a gps. I am planning on
> hiking the PCT starting may 13th and have little experience with map and
> compass reading. I am planningnon printing and carrying halfmiles maps and
> am wondering what suggestions the community has for someone wanting to
> develop traditional navigation skills. Thought about taming a class but rei
> wants 80 bucks for their intro class.
> >
> > Any suggestions are appreciated!
> >
> > Martin M. Clark
>
> Go to library.
> Borrow a book and wilderness navigation.
> Go outside and practice.
> Return book when confident you have acquired the new skill.
> Hit the trail with a map and a a compass.
>
> Dan Jacobs
> Washougal
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> sir, let me prove to you that there is no such thing as motion."
> Whereupon Diogenes immediately got up and left.
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