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Re: Status of Celestial Nav in 2015
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2015 Mar 04, 19:06 -0600
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2015 Mar 04, 19:06 -0600
Sam was happy with a 9 mile fix.
Tom Sult, MD
Tom Sult, MD
Author: JUST BE WELL
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Alex,
Sam Willis used celestial navigation on his trip down the Grand Canyon last summer. See link to BBC show that has Sam making observations using an artificial horizon.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2f1pxg
Geoffrey Kolbe posted several years back on his North African desert celestial navigation using a bubble octant.
http://geoffrey-kolbe.com/C-Nav/index.htm
Greg Rudzinski
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2015 Mar 4, 22:00 +0000
Greg, you wrote: > I would add remote wilderness travelers to the list of those that might find celestial navigation a useful back-up to GPS. > A plastic sextant such as the Davis MK 3 wouldn't add much weight to the pack. You would add this to the the question or this is a part of an answer? Do you know any people traveling in remote wilderness (on land) who are using Cel nav, or carry sextants, almanacs, etc.? I have never heard of such people in modern times. Alex.
