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[The Mountain Where Compasses Stop Working – And Why]

Suhail Ahmed

  The map says north is straight ahead, but your compass insists it’s somewhere else entirely. That unsettling moment – needle wavering, confidence slipping – has spooked explorers for centuries and still puzzles hikers today. Across the world, pockets of rock act like clandestine magnets, tugging at the very instrument we trust to find our ...