Yeah.... you should take advantage of your despair and use it as fuel. It looks like your not finiding what your looking for here. You do come off as a little too needy.....kind of like the "crampon" whacker.....whack'in his noodle all over this site. If people fear your the crampon.......you get no cred
Hell yes! I'm pretty sure even REI offers a free map and compass course. Or maybe it's $15 or something. A map and compass do not need batteries. Take the course.
Did you not see this crampon??.........you can't be that broke