It’s not modern times for me. I had to concentrate to discern my left from right since well before the internet. Took a lot of practice to get close to instinctual.
I have a compass, usually on a handmade wrist band, in all my outdoor bags, plus a Casio with a compass. Before I got the watch, I usually had redundant physical compasses. Of course there’s a compass on my phone as well. :)
Went on a new trail yesterday I hadn’t tried because I thought it went a couple of blocks and came out in another neighborhood. After walking a mile I checked Google Maps and I was traveling straight into hundreds of acres of nothing. Didn’t even realize I was headed east and the lowering sun was right behind me!
By “thank you, modern times” I don’t mean those tools caused my issue; I mean I’d get genuinely lost without them. Even within my city.
After walking a mile I checked Google Maps and I was traveling straight into hundreds of acres of nothing. Didn’t even realize I was headed east and the lowering sun was right behind me!
…oopsie. It’s great you actually checked it after just a single mile!
It’s not modern times for me. I had to concentrate to discern my left from right since well before the internet. Took a lot of practice to get close to instinctual.
I have a compass, usually on a handmade wrist band, in all my outdoor bags, plus a Casio with a compass. Before I got the watch, I usually had redundant physical compasses. Of course there’s a compass on my phone as well. :)
Went on a new trail yesterday I hadn’t tried because I thought it went a couple of blocks and came out in another neighborhood. After walking a mile I checked Google Maps and I was traveling straight into hundreds of acres of nothing. Didn’t even realize I was headed east and the lowering sun was right behind me!
By “thank you, modern times” I don’t mean those tools caused my issue; I mean I’d get genuinely lost without them. Even within my city.
…oopsie. It’s great you actually checked it after just a single mile!