Originally Posted by
Parson
Yes and the worrying bit is '.....and compass'. Unless in very low viz (or featureless terrain, which is rare) a navigator worth their salt should be able to set and use a map without a compass. Compass carried of course but only used when absolutely necessary.
The best navigator I ever saw had never been taught to navigate, at least in any conventional way. One of our Bougainvillean assistants offered to navigate us about 10km through thick jungle, pretty flat so no terrain features to work from, to a point on the river. No map or compass with us. He led us to a point about 10 metres from the target.