Handrail routes
Follow a stream or ridge you can reacquire if you drift.
navigation basics
Navigation is a habit practiced on easy days.
Take bearings before you need them. Confirm with terrain features you can touch.
DeclinationSet it
PaceKnow yours
CatchingFeature ahead
NightSlower
Terrain
Attack points
Aim near, then fine-tune — not straight at the pin from afar.
Lost protocol
Stop, sit, invent fewer new theories.
“Bearing, terrain, and not trusting the first path”
Practice
Land navigation notes for walkers who want map and compass fluency without drama.
This is an independent field journal for navigation basics. Read slowly, take what helps, and leave the rest.