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I'm Lost. True GT story
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<blockquote data-quote="Stingray" data-source="post: 662646" data-attributes="member: 7745"><p>Those stories remind me of a time, back way before GPS days, fishing offshore with my old man in an 18 ft glass boat. We were off Green Head on the mid west coast. It was the calm before the storm, overcast, glassy sea with a huge swell running and we were out of sight of land. There was no one around except a couple of blokes in about a 13 foot tiller steer dinghy who came over and asked how we were going. Then they asked hey which way is land? We pointed, they said thanks and took off in that direction. Far out, these guys didn't even have a compass. </p><p></p><p>The only time I've come close to getting lost prospecting was on an overcast day like that one. Once you lose the sun you can quickly lose all sense of direction. Again it was pre-GPS and I was lucky because there was a track that I managed to cut - and I knew where camp was from there - but often there isn't anything for miles. Be careful out there and don't rely on just one thing (like the sun or a GPS), have a backup plan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stingray, post: 662646, member: 7745"] Those stories remind me of a time, back way before GPS days, fishing offshore with my old man in an 18 ft glass boat. We were off Green Head on the mid west coast. It was the calm before the storm, overcast, glassy sea with a huge swell running and we were out of sight of land. There was no one around except a couple of blokes in about a 13 foot tiller steer dinghy who came over and asked how we were going. Then they asked hey which way is land? We pointed, they said thanks and took off in that direction. Far out, these guys didn't even have a compass. The only time I've come close to getting lost prospecting was on an overcast day like that one. Once you lose the sun you can quickly lose all sense of direction. Again it was pre-GPS and I was lucky because there was a track that I managed to cut - and I knew where camp was from there - but often there isn't anything for miles. Be careful out there and don't rely on just one thing (like the sun or a GPS), have a backup plan. [/QUOTE]
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