Simple wilderness navigationThe following 10-minute video highlights a simple wilderness navigation technique to find your way using baselines and checkpoints.A baseline is any feature of length, such as a road, a river, a trail, or shorline that serves to restrain your wandering and help guide you to your destination. A checkpoint is any point along a baseline that you can definitively recognize from the ground. Checkpoints are often located at the convergence of two baselines, or when a baseline changes directions abruptly, for example, a sharp turn in a creek or trail.
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