The four main points on a compass are: north, east, south and west. A compass is used to work out direction. A four-point compass can give a rough direction whereas a sixteen-point compass is much ...

After years advocating for safe digital navigation in the mountains, I came to an uneasy realisation: the part of my brain that could once get me out of trouble using map and compass alone didn’t work ...

Pinpointing your exact location is one of the most basic and important skills when hill walking. This article outlines a number of ways to do just that: It’s a fundamental principle of hill walking to ...

Ahead of the summer surge, Lake District visitors have been urged to bring maps and a compass when going for a trek in the mountains as many arrive with only a mobile phone. Dozy Lake District ...