Reading maps, using a compass and applying those skills in the field always felt like equal parts advanced mathematics and witchcraft. I read many books and articles and typically came away just as confused as when I started.
Latitude, declination, degrees, bearings; it always made my head spin. Hands-on teaching helped to demystify some of this, but never to the point at which I was comfortable with the subject.
Much to my shame, land navigation remained a weakness in my skill set for a very long time. But, having spoken with many students of survival over the years, I've found that I'm not alone in this deficiency.
All this changed with my discovery of a book called Essential Wilderness Navigation by Craig Caudill and Tracy Trimbal. I was familiar with Caudill from his other books, Extreme Wilderness Survival and Ultimate Wilderness Gear, as well as his YouTube channel, Nature Reliance.
Caudill writes in a way that's logical and easy for me to understand, so I decided to have another go at learning land navigation. This time, however, I decided it was time to go back to school-Caudill's Nature Reliance School (NatureReliance.org), to be exact.
INTRO TO LAND NAVIGATION
I joined Caudill's recent, one-day “Introduction to Land Navigation class at the Red Rock Lodge. It's located on 4,000 acres near Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, and draws students from Ohio, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2022 من American Outdoor Guide.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2022 من American Outdoor Guide.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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