Originally Posted By: hikermor
The point of this thread escapes me. In reasonable conditions and weather, northerly direction is readily apparent and one can orient a map in interesting country by terrain association - "that big pointy peak on the horizon is our objective;we follow this canyon until we begin to climb, etc. etc."

Depends on where you are. In my neck of the woods there are many times impossible to see the horizon. It might look like this:
http://www.luonnonperintosaatio.fi/sites...G?itok=OOmt_gPc


Edited by Herman30 (09/02/18 06:37 PM)