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It's not nearly that bad. You start heading too far east and bend back. After your two hours you are exactly on the right direction but have gone a bit farthe
by LorenPechtel 4y ago
It's not nearly that bad. You start heading too far east and bend back. After your two hours you are exactly on the right direction but have gone a bit farther than you needed to and are 26 degrees off course. I've never encountered any large, featureless terrain; rarely am I moving in a direction that's not either with the nature of the terrain or nearly directly across the terrain--it's easier to go a bit farther while minimizing the terrain fighting.
- toss1 4y ago>> You start heading too far east and bend back. >> rarely am I moving in a direction that's not either with the nature of the terrain or nearly directly across the terrain Right, you are not ONLY following the sun's direction, you are compensating for it's motion over time, and using the terrain as a guide. This is exactly my point: we cannot do what GP stated and use only the uncompensated sun's angle as a guide, save for very brief trips. And most of those we're also using landmarks to compensate.