I read a post recently stating "Bring a compass and/or GPS". GPS devices are very nice and helpfull however they are electronic things that for reasons beyond your control may cese to work. Electronics are prone to failure. For example the electronics on your EFI engine or electronic transmission have a "Limp Home" mode that in the event of a failure will not leave your truck entirley usless. GPS recievers have no limp home mode. Please every one carry a compass and know how to use it. Carry paper maps covering your route. The gazater is a easy way to do this for the long streaches and for the off road portions 7.5 min maps are availavble for free down load at USGS.gov. and print onto 11 x 17 with realitivly good resolution. Untill Overland Navagator has a print feature that is. All these things can fit in a zip lock bag hidden away and hopefully never used. The way I see it a compass and the ability to use it are mandatory and the GPS serves to augment and ease the navagaiton tasks.

Call me old school

Peter

 One of the things I remember from my early days hiking/backpacking is to turn around periodically and look where you have come from. The trail, especially if you are making it and it is not previously traveled, is going to look very different when you are coming back.  Not really an issue if you are going in one forward direction toward a goal.