"jeff" wrote in message
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...i've walked with folks who tried to do the compass thing, and that was
scary...

While it would never so much as occur to me to doubt (let alone disparage)
the navigational skills of all the Pathfinders in this august company, it
has been my own experience that a map and compass are, for most people,
handy aids for confirming that you are indeed here while standing in front
of a signboard stating that "you are here."

Wolfgang
who would (assuming the opportunity arose) generally prefer to follow a
chicken on the assumption that it will.....eventually.....cross a road.