Re: Using maps in wet weather!

Peter Clinch wrote:

Bit in whiteout you can't trust your eyes,

I know. It's hard enough to even stand up straight on a slope because you
can't see a horizon to orient yourself (a bit like trying to stand on one
leg with your eyes closed - very disconcerting).

because aside from yourself
and your kit there is literally /nothing/ to see but flat white.
Knife edge ridge in whiteout you'd be forced to use touch, probing
every step. Very dull, in an unpleasantly exciting sort of way ;-/
(I've only ever had to do it for a few meters, and that wasn't any
fun).

I've never had to do it, and I hope I never do.

Paul
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http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk


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