Trying to understand how a map relates to what’s on the ground can be tricky. It requires the brain to do a lot of stuff that it doesn’t customarily do daily. This is one of the reasons that ...

Sure, not all who wander are lost. But when you've been walking in circles for hours and your day hike is stretching into an overnight, that saying is cold comfort. The solution? Don't get lost in the ...

After years advocating for safe digital navigation in the mountains, I came to an uneasy realisation: the part of my brain that could once get me out of trouble using map and compass alone didn’t work ...