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BarryBobPosthole
12-21-2020, 10:21 AM
More importantly, who still knows how to use one? I recently came across a stack of old topocmaps from backpacking days. Great memories!
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Thumper
12-21-2020, 10:30 AM
I've got a couple of them ... somewhere. One is my old military issue and the other is a copycat knock-off. TBH, I'm not sure I remember how to use 'em. I'd have to fiddle with one to see if it "comes back to me". I also still have my original dog tags with my P-38 on the chain. ;)

Big Muddy
12-21-2020, 11:00 AM
Not bragging, but I can still operate one in my sleep.....mapping and traversing was sorta one of my specialties.....got 3 or 4 hanging in my office.....and, yep, still got my dog tags with attached P-38, as well.

Actually, I learned a ton about compasses and mapping from being in Boy Scouts.....it really helped when I hit boot camp.....on my one mile night-time mapping/traversing test, I missed my final benchmark post by only 24 inches.

quercus alba
12-21-2020, 11:10 AM
my iPhone has a compass, does that count?

Chicken Dinner
12-21-2020, 11:31 AM
Yes to both


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Bwana
12-21-2020, 11:44 AM
I've got one too.

Thumper
12-21-2020, 12:02 PM
Yep, out of curiosity, I just watched a YouTube video and after a couple mins, it all came back to me. TBH, I used to carry one in my backpack when hunting, but never used it that I can remember.

airbud7
12-21-2020, 12:46 PM
I got one on the dash of the truck, that count? :D

Big Muddy
12-21-2020, 05:45 PM
my iPhone has a compass, does that count?

But, if your phone dies, you're SOL and gonna get yo azz lost. ;)

BarryBobPosthole
12-21-2020, 06:15 PM
.......after the EMP takes out all silicon based electronics.

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