I went for a walk in the Arctic Circle without map or compass. Fortunately, I was only lost for hours, not days.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!
Specifically choose not to take a GPS. Just create a challenge. You can climb Everest or walk across Antarctica with minimal gear and still have that sense of adventure. But in terms of exploration, Google Earth has this world mapped down to the square foot.
It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
I've always been fascinated and stared at maps for hours as a kid. I've especially been most intrigued by the uninhabited or lonelier places on the planet. Like Greenland, for instance, or just recently flying over Alaska and a chain of icy, mountainous islands, uninhabited.
I have an excellent internal compass.
Going to the Arctic was immense for me.
I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again.
Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole.
I'd like to have a perfect sense of direction. I could get lost with a GPS strapped to my arm.
I've always walked and climbed; spent a lot of time in the arctic and places.