Hmmm...interesting question. I do know the Coast Guard has classes in navigation which I believe includes learning how to read a compass; but I'm not sure if that would be the same. I did learn how to read a compass while living aboard and cruising on a sailboat. I wonder if REI offers any classes for this?<br><br>Ria...the no trail-name lurker....<br><br><b><i>Sandi <bowed1heart@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div>This is an interesting thread. I am lousy when it comes to coapass reading/following. I sort of learned in Girl Scouts back in 1970 something...but I didn't learn to well because y team never got to the spot we were supposed to end on.</div> <div> </div> <div>Are there classes anywhere?<br><br><b><i>"Eric Lee (GAMES)" <elee@microsoft.com></i></b> wrote:</div> <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16,
16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">Wheeew wrote:<br>><br>Also- is it wise to have you compass as part of the watch, or is a separate "manual" compass better or necessary in addition to a watch compass?<br>><br><br>That depends on how much navigation you're actually going to do with it. If you've got a decent map and you want to navigate with it (either to triangulate your position onto the map or to figure a bearing from the map), a hand-held compass with a see-through base and rotating housing is very useful. See this link: http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass3.shtml#Together. I've never owned a watch with a compass function so I don't know if there's a way to do the same sorts of things with one of them, but I would think it would be more difficult at a minimum. Maybe someone else can correct me on that.<br><br>You probably wouldn't need to do this kind of navigation on the PCT much, except maybe in serious snow cover where you lose the
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