Some on here know what I'm saying....
60 on roads, trails, open ground day
65 rough ground day
70 hill and mt terrian per slope and 3d thinking in the noggin.
75 standard at night.
I can roll with a map , protractor,and compass and the GM angle.
Throw in terrian association with the above.
One of my useless skills from another life.
What? You did bird surveys too?
The hard part was finding that rusty piece of iron rebar at the actual point sticking up about a ft out of the ground. Of course any sort of slope along with a contour map made locating it much easier. On the flats in dense brush or cedars it was a PITA.
Never did have a reason/opportunity to navigate in the dark.
One time on Camp Bullis I found what I presume was an issue Army compass in their Land Navigation Training Area. I was really disappointed to find that the compass had no provision for setting declination, implying they just gave the trainees compass headings with no discussion of magnetic north. OTOH for the serious guys in the field I have heard it was routine to pack along an extra Silva compass or two.
Then the advent of GPS took all the challenge out of it. I did find those sampling point rebars a lot faster tho 🙂
