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12-22-2009, 02:58 AM
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Orienteering (How to use a compass)
These new fangled GPS gizmos are neat, but what do you do when the batteries go dead or the satellite goes down? When the SHTF and TEOTWAWKI comes your way or you just simply get lost in the woods, knowing how to use a compass would be invaluable and quite possibly save your life.
How to use a compass http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/ Using the compass alone http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/lesson1.html Using the compass in interaction with a map http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/lesson2.html Magnetic Declination http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/lesson3.html Riddles and Rhymes to help you remember declination http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/declinrhyme.html Suggested Exercises http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/exercise1.html How to navigate in foggy conditions http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/fog1.html Finding the directions without a compass http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/nocompass1.html Buying a Compass http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/buying.html Map Reading the Army Way http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Base/1764/ .
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03-12-2010, 04:21 AM
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get lost trying to find my way outta a round room with one door.
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06-27-2010, 03:30 PM
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"Have faith and be of good cheer." God, June 23, 2000. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. 'If at first you don't succeed, do it the way your wife told you!' "Sparky" Quote of the year for 2008: "Americans grew tired of being thought to be dumb by the rest of the world, so they went to the polls and removed all doubt."
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