Lesson For Life - The Top 10 Lessons For Life Of Navigating With Map And Compass

3. Understand the scale of your map and be able to estimate distance.In the right condition of readiness it's great to make a stertch but make sure you recognize the mile too far.4. Know your average speed over different terrains.When you know your approximate arrival time it's much easier to realize when you have gone astray.5.
Ensure your map shows your starting point, your destination and the intervening area.Entering uncharted territory, know how to prepare a map adequate for your purposes and fine tune it as your vision becomes clearer.6. From your map be able to set a compass bearing allowing for magnetic deviation.The hottest tools are useless unless we know how to use them properly.7. Know how to fix your position by taking bearings on recognizable fixed points.Once you have mastered this skill you need never be lost agian. What are the fxied points in your life?8. Be prepared for what the map does not tell you......The sesaon of year, the weather to be expected and in your current project, what else?9. From your map be able to recognize those hazards which it is advisable to circumnavigate......And the conditions under which doing so becomes vital.10. A line on a map depicting a footpath does not necessarily mean a track which can be seen on the ground.No signs may have been left by the last traveler. When you're familiar with navigation and have a map that will pose no problem.Copyright CoachVilleABOUT THE AUTHORMartin Sawdon of Coaching-Works!