Get Lost

[Scott Brady]

Sinuhe and I are working on a media project, which called for a "meeting" somewhere in the wilds of the Southwest.

So Sinuhe issued a little challenge for the trip. Go somewhere close to Prescott, that I had never been, and only use a map and compass to navigate.

We got lost (momentarily), came to locked gates, wandered about a bit and eventually found one of the more interesting roads I have travelled in Central Arizona, and it was 30 minutes from the office. Good times.

Only a map, and my 15 year old Air Force lensatic compass. This also demonstrated a good use of a roof rack, getting high enough to see prominent land features. Image: Sinuhe Xavier

Here are my attempts at a little photo essay. Sinuhe's images are much better, so maybe he will post a few.

 

[Scott Brady]

It is good to get lost...

 

[Cabrito]

Pretty cool!
It's good to get back to basics sometimes.

 

[xpdishn]

Great post.

We were in the Arizona Strip all last week, finding our way from Twin Points to Kanab Point. We had our laptop with the roads prerouted and plugged into our GPS. No way could we get lost.

But we had more than one conversation about just what you brought up. Taking the BLM Arizona Strip map and trying to navigate with just it and a compass. I think we would get "lost" real fast out there. But it would be great to get back to basics as we had to do 40 years ago.

 

[marc olivares]

It is good to get lost...

youre finally coming around

 

[Cypher]

This didn't look like any fun what so ever... :sombrero:

Thanks for posting the great pics guys! It has been a long time since I have tried to navigate with nothing more than my two eyes, a compass, and a map. I may need to revisit this idea again sometime soon.

 

[Scenic WonderRunner]

Awesome!

My trail pickin' philosophy is......

All trails lead to somewhere, and I will never know where that is unless I try!

Plus! It adds to the Excitement!:wings:.....:elkgrin:.....:ylsmoke:


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[cruiseroutfit]

 

[Skylinerider]

I didn't know Jim Jones was still alive?

:Wow1::elkgrin:

 

[sinuhexavier]

You have no idea...

I even have a new cult...

 

[sinuhexavier]

Anyone know what this is, besides a caterpillar? It landed in my lap when going through a tight section of trail and it's little spines stung like hell, left welts on my finger for a couple hours. Why so many spiny, venomous and general human hating things in AZ?

Another fine example of a sharp impaler....

They even leave the horns on their cows in AZ...

 

[cruiseroutfit]

 

[Martyn]

I'm a map and compass man.

GPS is the real challenge for me. Paul May can attest to that, at The Overland Trophy we spent 3/4 of the allotted time reading the instructions and trying to work out how to put way points into the machine. Good times :sombrero:

Paul, who owns a GPS, tells me they are really handy for finding grocery stores and restaurants :wings:

 

[spressomon]

I'm a map and compass man.

GPS is the real challenge for me. Paul May can attest to that, at The Overland Trophy we spent 3/4 of the allotted time reading the instructions and trying to work out how to put way points into the machine. Good times :sombrero:

Paul, who owns a GPS, tells me they are really handy for finding grocery stores and restaurants :wings:

And gas stations.


Nice post BTW!!!

 

[ntsqd]

Nice pictures. I need to get out more!

I occasionally use a GPS to iteratively solve for some place on the map that I'm trying to find when on location. And I use it to mark points that I might want to come back to.
This whole thing about entering waypoints and routes and schedules is way too much like work and not much like a vacation.

GPS is reasonably good at calibrating my speedometers!