where u GOING, shtf, that u NEED a map for, hmm?
u'd BETTER know how to get to the retreat, SEVERAL ways, by having TRAVELED those routes, both at night and by day. The only thing a compass will do for you is indicate a general direction, when fog, clouds, snow, rain, etc block your view of the sun or the stars. U aint going to be able to walk a straight line, very far or long, cause you will HAVE to yield to the terrain,ice, snow,mud, enemies, fallout, disease, fires, floods, the need to FORAGE, find water,etc. After u ARRIVE at retreat (IF you do, and IF it's not already "held" by people who'll shoot you on sight) WHERE you going after that, hmm? WHAT value maps and stuff, hnmm? do they show you were the edible plants are? do they show you where the good fuel wood is? Hell no they don't. They wont show you were the fools have burned over the area, where the avalanches, floods, etc have CHANGED everything, etc. You will just have to LEARN all that, by walking around the area, and you'd BETTER have done some of that BEFOREHAND, especially the finding of water, and of food sources, shelter from the elements, and with an eye to defence, e and e, etc.
u'd BETTER know how to get to the retreat, SEVERAL ways, by having TRAVELED those routes, both at night and by day. The only thing a compass will do for you is indicate a general direction, when fog, clouds, snow, rain, etc block your view of the sun or the stars. U aint going to be able to walk a straight line, very far or long, cause you will HAVE to yield to the terrain,ice, snow,mud, enemies, fallout, disease, fires, floods, the need to FORAGE, find water,etc. After u ARRIVE at retreat (IF you do, and IF it's not already "held" by people who'll shoot you on sight) WHERE you going after that, hmm? WHAT value maps and stuff, hnmm? do they show you were the edible plants are? do they show you where the good fuel wood is? Hell no they don't. They wont show you were the fools have burned over the area, where the avalanches, floods, etc have CHANGED everything, etc. You will just have to LEARN all that, by walking around the area, and you'd BETTER have done some of that BEFOREHAND, especially the finding of water, and of food sources, shelter from the elements, and with an eye to defence, e and e, etc.
