February 2012
1 post
Another Baseplate Compass Bites the Dust
This evening, I went out hiking and discovered my baseplate compass has finally lost enough fluid from the capsule so the needle can’t rotate around to find north. This compass isn’t even a year old and while I expected it to happen someday, I wasn’t expecting it to happen this soon. The last time this happened to me, I tossed the compass away only to regret it later. This one...