yes but gotta start somewhere yes?
Yeah that’s what I meant sorry. You can train at home with a compass, protractor, and map all day and for essentially free (once you buy compass, map markers, protractor, maps). You can also practice your pace count at home.
Once you get those fundamentals down, then start slow out in a known area to test your skills. Like get to a terrain feature or practice your pace count in varied terrain.
And then after that nothing beats the oh **** I’m lost training.