That is why when you take a compass bearing you should find a landmark in that direction and hike toward that rather than just walking in that direction. People in general do not walk a straight line unless they have a target. [/i]
That works if the daylight skies are clear and also without your visible terrain features being obscured by falling darkness, heavy fog, falling/blowing snow etc.
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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.
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