[pct-l] Navigation Problems

[Mike Cunningham]

I do the same, but I have a wrist compass on my watchband.
 
in NYC there are generally 4 exits at each station & unless you are familiar with the station you can never be sure which of the 4 corners you will end on. Thankfully I am not that familiar with any of the stations any more.
Used to be a city slicker, now I'm a country bumpkin & proud of it!
 
hm

--- On Tue, 7/12/11, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:


From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Navigation Problems
To: "PCT" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 3:41 AM


Not PCT, but I got really lost today using some of the navigation
tricks I rely on while hiking.

I exited the subway in Buenos Aires and headed south towards the low
winter midday sun. Things didn't look right, and I started getting
really confused.

That is when I remembered, that in the southern hemisphere, the low
winter midday sun would be in the north. Then I got even more confused
and disoriented. So I stopped, got out my compass and map, and figured
out where I was.  Urban navigation at its best.

And yes, I'm serious, I keep a compass in my bag to orient myself when
I come out of the subway stations at night. Old habits die hard.
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