Whenever i see a topo map I recall my college days when I had a mountaineering buddy who took us out to middle of wilderness in his jeep with nothing but a topo map and a compass on a snow shoe hike on the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff, AZ. We were trying to hike to a cabin but a snow storm cropped up and had to find a fast way down - his skills with a compass and that map were amazing and we made it back to his jeep in 30 minutes what it had taken us the previous 3 hours to hike (we had a couple of daring downhill rides/jumps).
With GPS and all nowadays it feels like that skill might be lost, but hopefully there are some guys out there daring enough to keep it going to take those of us who dont know out for an adventure
With GPS and all nowadays it feels like that skill might be lost, but hopefully there are some guys out there daring enough to keep it going to take those of us who dont know out for an adventure