Want to learn how to read a compass? Our wilderness expert's guide will teach the parts of a compass, and how to use this valuable tool.

It’s time to go analog with your navigation tools. Using a map and compass is one of the most reliable foundational skills of the wilderness.

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Learning to use their compass also includes how to hold their weapons while out in the woods, keeping in mind that the metal on their weapons affects the accuracy of their azimuth.

The azimuth mirror (Fig. 5) applied to the compass before you was designed to obviate that objection.