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31 December 2016, 20:59
OK, regarding the finding of caches using map and compass,,
I have been there and done that, living off food cached by others and finding the food based on the old style grid coordinates, map, and compass.
Went hungry a lot and I was with some of the best land navigators that ever shot an azimuth.
If they are 10 meters off, (half the width of a pencil line on the map) and I am 10 meters off the other direction I am digging a hole 20 meters from the food I need.
I do have caches, but their locations are based on other methods which are actually more precise than grid coordinates which can not assure accuracy of less than 10 meters for the most skilled user.
If I am caching food and equipment in my present world I want to have it in an area I know so well the location and depth of the burial will never be forgotten and does not require anything beyond my memory for retrieval.
I have been there and done that, living off food cached by others and finding the food based on the old style grid coordinates, map, and compass.
Went hungry a lot and I was with some of the best land navigators that ever shot an azimuth.
If they are 10 meters off, (half the width of a pencil line on the map) and I am 10 meters off the other direction I am digging a hole 20 meters from the food I need.
I do have caches, but their locations are based on other methods which are actually more precise than grid coordinates which can not assure accuracy of less than 10 meters for the most skilled user.
If I am caching food and equipment in my present world I want to have it in an area I know so well the location and depth of the burial will never be forgotten and does not require anything beyond my memory for retrieval.
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