In mist on a featureless moor, a bearing tells you which way to walk. It does not tell you when to stop. Without a measure of distance you walk past the small pool you were aiming for, or stop short and search the wrong patch of heather. And when a bog pool blocks the bearing, the easy thing (wander round it and pick the bearing up again on the other…
In this lesson
Pacing with double paces
Calibrate your pace
Using it
Pacing corrections for terrain and conditions
Slope adds walked distance
Pace tallies and pacing beads
Boxing round an obstacle
Worked example
Contouring
Check yourself
Key points
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