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Originally Posted by kennyc
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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
That needs to go in my book of pithy quotes.  |
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Originally Posted by kennyc
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I always seem to get $2 directions from $4 compasses.
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Friends, I own books like kennyc refers to:
From one shelf near where I sit.
"Handbook for Boys"
"Complete Book of Outdoor Lore"
"The Canoer's Bible"
"The Ranger' Calendar"
"The Complete Guide to Orienteering in North America."
"The Yachtsman's Pocket Almanac"
"Poison Ivy, Poision Oak and Poison Sumac- Identification, Precautions, Eradication"
(Not sure where my star navigation books are)
But that brass compass was for those rainy cloudy and dark days and nights.
I have owned a 400USD hiking GPSs when I lived near and was investigating some densely mountainous wooded areas but it unfortunately got broken though (not by me), and if I am alone, and sometimes otherwise too, I always have a Spot emergency satellite beacon with me. I won't be that guy on the snowy mountain that no one can find.
And that is just a sampling. I am a cautious outdoors-man.
But I remember trekking as an older boy with a little compass that might have come out of a bubble gum machine. The trick is that you keep it safe.
That compass I just sent back would have seemed like a "great leap forward" compared to that little device that wasn't even sealed against water. I kept it wrapped in plastic.
Thanks guys you brought back some good memories.
(PS Forgot to restate again, it is just a backup, maybe of 2 or more depending on how equipped (loaded down) I am.