Once on the last leg of the route, stop, take a break, relax, smoke a pipe and let the receiver average your present position. Create the waypoint at that averaged position. Let s call it HERE and assume their positions as shown in the Fig. 10. Now you know where you are and you know where you want to be. The last thing to find out is the bearing and distance between the two places.
Some receivers have a function just for that.
Finding a place fail-safe. Frequently, when taking a shortcut, one finds himself on a trail , not exactly sure whether to turn left or right to get to the final destination. Navigating back to the CAMP , we might end up on the trail 100 meters to the left or 100 meters to the right. Once you navigate to it and find yourself on the trail, you'll know which side to turn to in order to get to the destination. It may be not the fastest way, but it surely beats the hell out of the disappointment caused by taking the wrong turn.