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Navigation Skills for Walkers, Hikers and Ramblers

  - The Compass

The compass is one of your most important pieces of equipment. As a hill walker, the compass you use will have the some if not all of parts shown in this interactive illustration:

Position you mouse pointer over each part name to highlight that part on the Compass illustration.

 


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