Years ago I taught map and compass classes in the Mountaineers in Washington State (the basic climbing course). For all that GPS units are the way to go now, it pays to know how to use the map and compass and to carry them with you. I do hope they're still part of the Mountaineer's 10 Essentials list. Yup. Did a quick search--on the Mountaineers 10 essentials list, numbers 1 and 2 are still map and compass.

SRS