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#169938 - 09/29/12 01:06 PM Re: What Compass do you use? [Re: jbylake]
billstephenson Moderator Registered: 02/07/07 Posts: 3917 Loc: Ozark Mountains in SW Missouri	Well, I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I use cheap Wal-Mart compasses. It's pretty easy to get up on a ridge here and triangulate your position close enough to be usable on a quad map. _________________________ -- "You want to go where?"
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What Compass do you use?	jbylake	09/29/12 12:22 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	oldranger	09/29/12 06:24 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	jbylake	09/29/12 02:36 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	DTape	09/29/12 06:50 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Pika	09/29/12 09:21 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	billstephenson	09/29/12 01:06 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	wandering_daisy	09/29/12 02:44 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	OregonMouse	09/29/12 06:10 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	jbylake	09/29/12 11:04 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	OregonMouse	09/30/12 01:26 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	oldranger	09/30/12 08:25 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Gershon	09/30/12 10:25 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	jbylake	10/03/12 12:35 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Pika	10/03/12 08:59 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	billstephenson	10/03/12 11:38 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Glenn Roberts	10/03/12 04:27 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	billstephenson	10/03/12 04:58 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	lori	10/03/12 02:09 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	ndwoods	10/05/12 02:18 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	finallyME	10/05/12 09:19 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	djtrekker	02/02/13 08:32 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	alrany187	11/14/12 10:14 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	billstephenson	01/14/13 05:57 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Richard Cullip	01/14/13 08:26 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Jim M	01/13/13 01:07 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Jimshaw	01/13/13 01:42 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Gershon	01/15/13 07:19 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Pika	01/15/13 07:47 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Gershon	01/15/13 02:50 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Dryer	01/15/13 03:22 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	DTape	01/15/13 05:29 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Pika	01/15/13 05:42 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Gershon	01/15/13 06:01 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Jimshaw	01/19/13 10:12 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	oldranger	01/19/13 11:16 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	Gershon	01/21/13 06:09 AM
Re: What Compass do you use?	rockettman	08/03/13 01:10 PM
Re: What Compass do you use?	D Lee	07/28/13 01:35 PM