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Woohoo, Boohoo

Woohoo: The compass Ah, the compass; the old-school equivalent to an iPhone and the number one choice of swag for the ever-so-extravagant pirates and buccaneers of the seven seas. Who would have thought a little magnet adrift in a small saucer of water would become so intrinsically valuable in the fine art of navigation? What started as an occultist contraption dating as early as 206 BCE has now become the saving grace of novice hikers everywhere. Though we live in an age of google maps and GPS, it is hard to deny that this meager and archaic device is still…

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