Scouting skills showing the way
Seems good old fashioned map and compass skills are still necessary….
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Rescues soar as walkers ditch maps for mobiles | UK | News | Daily Express WALKERS who cannot use a paper map and compass, relying instead on phones and GPS, were yesterday blamed for a rise in mountain rescue call-outs. |
| Source: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/603583/Rescues-soar-walkers-ditch-maps-mobiles | |
….as we already knew.
There is a place for GPS – geocaching would be something of a challenge without it. But it’s only a tool that should be used alongside many other tools. Unfortunately it seems walkers are forgetting this and forgetting to use the most important tool – their brains.
