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GoPro Heroes - Showcasing the best GoPro videos around! Epic Trampoline Skills&Video. NOTCOT.ORG. Helpful Fan. How to Read a Compass. Navigation by way of compass may seem daunting at first to a beginner, but this trepidation shouldn’t stand in the way of learning to use one.

How to Read a Compass

In fact, once you learn how to read a compass, it will be a valued friend in the back-country — one you can always count on to help guide your steps. This guide is meant to be a general overview of the basics of learning how to read a compass, with or without a map. Clouds. About 200 years ago an Englishman classified clouds ac cording to what they looked like to a person seeing them from the ground.

Clouds

He grouped them into three classes and gave them Latin names: cirrus, cumulus, and stratus. These three names, alone and combined with other Latin words, are still used to identify different cloud formations. By being familiar with the different cloud formation and what weather they portend, you can take appropriate action for your protection. Cirrus clouds Cirrus clouds are the very high clouds that look like thin streaks or curls.