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Has the thought of getting out in the woods or mountians ever crossed your mind? Every year millions of people takes to the mountains for outdoors recreation. A great number of these who takes to the mountains are city folks. Most city folks know very little of using a map and close to nothing using a compass. While most people want to get away what they aare really looking for is the wilderness. Sadly while many people are out exploring the mountains and the wood they end up getting lost. Without proper training on the use of a compass and a map this fun trip can turn in a nightmare. Going camping or taking a trip in the woods without knowldege of a map and a compass is like a cowboy not having a gun..
A compass is a basic tool. The compass works on magentism. Throughout the earth there are magentic fields. So the compass works on this principle. The needle always point north. Once you know where north is, east, west and south should be easy to find.
A compass is good for selecting a camp site. If you set up camp facing east the first warming sun rays would make morning more bearable. It is cold in the morning in the woods. This is also helpful when camping in the winter months.
How to use a map.
Maps were design to make travel easier and faster. Learning to use a map is key. There are many types of maps, but the two key maps are road maps and special interest maps.
A road can telll you how to get from home to the camp ground. First find the town you are leaving from and the town you are going to. By looking both town in the index and simply finding the approriate column then find the nearest highway to these cities.
There are are also special interest maps. These maps were designed for campers and fisherman and hikers. These maps show trail, fishing holes and other useful information. The special interest maps are valuable if you have well defined goals of what you want to do while camping, hiking or fishing.
By following these guidelines your next outdoors trip will be fun and worry free.
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