Fortunately a meter is close so I can do Orienteering easily.
An average stride is a little under a yard. That’s why a MILe (1000 steps by Roman soldiers marching in formation) isn’t 6000 feet.
Ah... not a zoomie.
"Dad? are you lost?
"No dear, I was looking at the... uhhh... "
"Dad, that's a culvert".
"Yes, the drainage thingie..."
The only thing more dangerous than a butter bar with a compass and a map is a zoomie.
TACAN wasn't invented because AF guys can do dead reckoning.
/johnny