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Old 10-24-2018, 11:04 AM   #34
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Default Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Navigation

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Originally Posted by whswhs View Post
That's a low-tech method of Mathematics (Surveying), not of Navigation (Land). It's probably "improvised equipment" for that purpose. I'd guess it's good for figuring distances, but not much help for elevations.
And if the trail was to steep the pace would have to be altered. Of course a trail that rough would bear little traffic.

The Pundits tended to disguise themselves as Holy Men. It explained why they were strange travellers with a foreign accent. And surveying equipment was disguised as such things as prayer wheels.
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