Re: Declination/Magnetic Variation

Mark Houghton wrote:
What Andy says is quite right, though. If you are just visiting NZ, your
UK compass will work ok, though the effect is marked enough for you to
have to tilt the baseplate to get the needle to swing freely.

Andy - I'm not sure why you needed a compass, though. Why didn't you
just follow the orange markers?

Well I only took it out to play with it. Think I did manage to ditch
the comforting orange triangles for a while in Arthur's Pass trying to
find my way from Goat Pass to Taruahuna Pass via Lake Mavis though.

Walked most of the West Highland Way as part of a trip around Scotland
the last couple of weeks. As one of the UK's premier high profile long
distance routes that must be a really crap experience for anyone hiking
their way through different countries and already done the tracks in
NZ.

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