Quote Originally Posted by Hes View Post
According to the FRA navigation course that I went on, you also shouldn't trust your compass if you are wearing an underwired bra...Mr.Navigator, did I dream that bit or was it actually really said? Re Borrowdale, you've got to admit that two compasses pointing south is quite unusual but evidence that you shouldn't trust anything. I remember the day Stolly and I were doing a recce of Langdale Horseshoe and he was able to demonstrate his relocation skills when we discovered that were actually on Glaramara :thumbup:

No GPS for me thank you, I am still trying to get the hang of a compass and map.
the last FRA course I was instructong on one guy was really struggleing to use his compass...I tried his compass and also struggled. it took me a couple of miutes to realise the steel whistle attachjed to it was messy up his compass.

Quote Originally Posted by shaunaneto View Post
You certainly can, any strong magnetic force can do such a thing
amongst other things. it is possible to re polariseit with a strong magnet or silva will do it.

map and compass are king gps are good fun as a back up. but they take the skill out of our sport.