Last weekend we hosted a basic land nav course, here are the most common mistakes we saw: 1. Not trusting your compass Stress, darkness, and flawed mental models will make you doubt it. I’ve fought my way through a draw monster, looked down, thought “no way that’s West,” and every time my compass was right. A good one won’t lie. 2. Not keeping pace count Your only frames of reference in the woods are terrain association and pace count. Skip the count and terrain association gets harder—especiall