Obviously, landmarks and clear skies make navigation a lot easier. Those times when I, like Daniel Boone, have been confused have always been in forests without landmarks...but I have never used a GPS on land (I did when I was sailing) and I am still here, so it is possible to get "unconfused" without a GPS...
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