Before setting out, Pandora Judge, an Outward Bound instructor, teaches her clients a technique to help them remember directions. “You need to know that north is at noon, east at three o’clock, south at six o’clock, and west at nine o’clock,” she explains. “And the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. So if you want to walk south in the morning, the sun should be on your left.” If it’s evening, substitute the stars for the sun. “Stars move east to west, just like the sun,” says Bill James, a sailmaker in Charleston, South Carolina. “If you watch one star for a while, it will move west.” Or look for Polaris, the North Star, which stays in one place. “It’s the very last star in the handle of the Little Dipper,” Judge says. Follow Polaris north and you’ll find your way.