well, DS got the Suunto M3, I just got his old crappy compass lol

our scouts got a bit of a lesson in taking precise compass readings this past weekend with our scout vs wild campout. The boys's scenario was they had boarded two planes, both then crashed, plane 1 was without injury, plane 2 had victims. Plane 2 had sent their location before crashing, so the groups in plane 1 had to first find their location on the map, then find the bearing to plane 2 crash site, and make their way there to "rescue" the victims.

While it all didn't quite go as planned (the boys were supposed to have time to return to base camp with their crash victims and then have time to find compass bearings to caches of food and other supplies before lunch, as it turned out it took them til about 2 oclock to get to their victims, perform first aid, and then mae it back to base camp) it was a fun weekend and provided the leaders the opportunity to see where the boys need to be guided for further training (namely map and compass and first aid lol). ALl in all a good experience for all of us.