Originally Posted By: comms
Originally Posted By: JBMat
And Jeff, I learned early on, LT + compass + map= lost waiting to happen.


Hey now! I resemble that remark. At least the LT part of it. BTW, the equation is not necessarily wrong but that is why PSG's carry a compass too...and usually don't stay within ten yards of a PL. They're so shiny and new that they cancel any Grid to Magnetic adjustment. (Or maybe they just forget to do the declination before moving)


Off topic for a moment, but is declination *really* needed? Most of the topo maps I've seen have a Mag North and a True North imprinted. I just tend to use the Mag north as my reference and ignore declination. I get a yardstick, continue the MN arrow until is hits the end of the map, and draw parallel lines from there. That way my compass can be placed on those lines, orient the map, and away I go.

am I wrong to be using it like that?