FIRST CLASS SCOUT

Want to figure out how ar ou will hike? Try this method:

1. Put one end of a piece of string on the map at your starting point - in htis case, Log Chapel.

2 Lay out the string so that it rests on top of your entire route. Pinch the string where it touches your destination (intersectin 179) and pick it up.

3. Stretch the string on the bar scale at the bottom of the map and measure it up to the point where you are pinching it. That's the length of your hike.

MEASURING DISTANCES

Your walking stride is a good tool for estimating distances. Learn the length of your step this way:

1. Using a tape measure, mark a 100-meter course on the ground.

2. Walk at a normal pace from one end of thecourse to the other, counting your steps as you go. If the course is on uneven ground, follow it in the reverse direction and calculate the average of t he two tests. You may also want to check your running pace in the same way.

3.When heading for a destination, use the map scale to determine how many hundred meters away it is, then multiply your number of steps per hundred meters by the at number to determine how manysteps it will take.