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NEW ARTICLE: Essential Hill Skills: The Compass

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 UKH Articles 30 Apr 2015
compass montage, 3 kbUKH has teamed up with Mountain Training for a series of articles on topics in their Hill & Mountain Skills scheme. Here Cat Forster looks at the basics of using a compass, a simple but vital bit of kit.

Read more at http://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/page.php?id=7304
 Stuart Howard 04 May 2015
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In Essential Hill Skills, The compass, it is stated that mag var for the UK is currently 0 degrees. This is incorrect on two levels. Firstly mag var differs across the UK and no it is not 0 degrees. I agree in perhaps not including mag var when teaching early stages of nav. The terrain and leg distance that people starting on may be on may not warrant it, but to state it is currently 0 degrees is misleading. I often direct clients to the UKH site, and am now awaiting the emails asking me why I was asking then to adjust for mag var during micro nav. Stu
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