Thank you for this video. Best lesson on navigation by keeping it simple and easy to follow. Needed a refresher since Boy Scouts was about 20 years ago.
I am going to follow your work regularly and will contribute. Thank you for such important and applicable info. Very professional, useful, and entertaining. Thank You!!
Good video instruction. The concepts clearly & correctly explained, and done with good camera work. Your emphasis on awareness of your surroundings shouldn't be overlooked. It's the same advice highlighted by author Kevin Walker, who wrote in his books about navigation: knowing how to read & correctly interpret the topographic map is 90% of effective navigation, knowing how to use the compass 6% & correct estimate distance walked 4%.
Thank you, for thee excellent instuction, on navigation, without Gadgets.Your instruction, is to the point, Thank you. And please do continue,for those of us, who don't believe in Toys.
When you orient a map all you do is line up the magnetic needle ITSELF, (north end of course) with any map north line whether map border, vertical grid line etc. That's it. You don't have to do anything with the dial. (and in this case it's adjusted for declination).
Thanks for the video! I'm starting out now and it's really useful and easily understood. Can you please tell me the model of the suunto compass you're using?
questions, someone please reply.1. After you rotate the lawn and rotate the niddle to the same point, do you still have to rotate the declination of your area?2. where do you get these compass navigation maps?3. whats the declination of vancouver someone please tell me, i can't find itThank you!
Use google to find the declination. If you have a compass that has a declination adjustment use it. If not you need to manually compensate by the amount of degrees everytime you take a reading.
Thanks for the great lesson! I just have one question: when adjusting for declination, do you adjust opposite to what a map says to find true north? For example, if a map says the location I'm in has a declination of 14 degrees to the east, would I adjust 14 degrees to the west to make up for the declination? Or is the map telling me exactly what I need to adjust to (that being 14 east)? Thanks in advance for your time and help!
You adjust the compass 14° to the East....as in, you lay it down with North facing generally North...the Easterly declination adjustment will turn the face to the right (clockwise), toward the East. If you are West of the Agonic Line, you will be adjusting Easterly. If you are East of the line, you'll adjust Westerly.
Pause the video at 3:37. You can see the declination scale on the inside face of the compass. Its labels are both E Decl and W Decl...you turn it so you get the declination from the map or an updated degree for the area....If the Map says 8° East, you adjust toward the E Decl.
you should use the mirror to take your bearing,,, opps, guess you didn't read the instructions, so many suppose experts trying to tell how to use a compass without reading the instructions
Thank you for this video. Best lesson on navigation by keeping it simple and easy to follow. Needed a refresher since Boy Scouts was about 20 years ago.
You are an excellent teacher sir. Thank you so much for sharing this
Excellent. Thannks. Makes me miss Idaho since I moved to Utah. Too hot down here.
I have forever been curious about this stuff. Subbed, great video looking forward to the rest.
Excellent video.
I am going to follow your work regularly and will contribute. Thank you for such important and applicable info. Very professional, useful, and entertaining. Thank You!!
Good video instruction. The concepts clearly & correctly explained, and done with good camera work. Your emphasis on awareness of your surroundings shouldn't be overlooked. It's the same advice highlighted by author Kevin Walker, who wrote in his books about navigation: knowing how to read & correctly interpret the topographic map is 90% of effective navigation, knowing how to use the compass 6% & correct estimate distance walked 4%.
Great Video! Thank you for taking the time to do it!
+Bowdudes You're quite welcome.
Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make these. Your solo camera work is top notch too!
A most exellent informative tutorial.Thank you!!!
VERY VERY GOOD Video. Thank you for that!
Excellent teaching right here, thank you!
Excellent!! just what i need!
Good stuff! Very useful!
Excellent tutorial.
great video helped me prepare for my DoFE!
Thank you, for thee excellent instuction, on navigation, without Gadgets.Your instruction, is to the point, Thank you. And please do continue,for those of us, who don't believe in Toys.
Good instructional video!
Yeah.. Nice class!!!
Perfect spot for teaching nav skills... Please keep it up...!!
;)) thanks
Johnny Limia Thanks for the kind words Johnny! We have a great line-up of upcoming backcountry skills videos on tap so be sure to stay tuned.
Nice... can´t wait for that ...Thanks;))
Thank you so much very well done video and explanation!
very good '' explanation . enjoyed you video.
Great job!
good stuff man!
awesome videos, thank you very much. Keep it up :)
Great video
When you orient a map all you do is line up the magnetic needle ITSELF, (north end of course) with any map north line whether map border, vertical grid line etc. That's it. You don't have to do anything with the dial. (and in this case it's adjusted for declination).
That's great if you can see the landscape, what if you're sitting in a Michigan forest and all you see is trees on flat land?
Thanks for the video! I'm starting out now and it's really useful and easily understood. Can you please tell me the model of the suunto compass you're using?
Well done.
I watched another video about navigating with a compass and it was totally different. Now I'm really confused!
well done ... now your viewers have to try and put it to practical works, and then practice it many many times
How do you practice it? Get a map to a local area and try the things he said in the Video?
Nice video! Can you tell me which (left or right) side do you turn the magnetic declination to when you need in your case?
Great video. Quick question... What's the little black arrow "floating" around inside the compass for?
Jim Bond it is a clinometer - it allows you to measure the slope of terrain features.
What is the model of compass you are using in your video? Great tutorial by the way. Thanks for taking the time to make it!
juufa72 thanks.
questions, someone please reply.1. After you rotate the lawn and rotate the niddle to the same point, do you still have to rotate the declination of your area?2. where do you get these compass navigation maps?3. whats the declination of vancouver someone please tell me, i can't find itThank you!
Use google to find the declination. If you have a compass that has a declination adjustment use it. If not you need to manually compensate by the amount of degrees everytime you take a reading.
I see to know my current location is crucial, but how to know where I am is my question. Can you help me with this question, please? Thank you
he explains that at minute 6:00
Thanks for the great lesson! I just have one question: when adjusting for declination, do you adjust opposite to what a map says to find true north? For example, if a map says the location I'm in has a declination of 14 degrees to the east, would I adjust 14 degrees to the west to make up for the declination? Or is the map telling me exactly what I need to adjust to (that being 14 east)? Thanks in advance for your time and help!
You adjust the compass 14° to the East....as in, you lay it down with North facing generally North...the Easterly declination adjustment will turn the face to the right (clockwise), toward the East.
If you are West of the Agonic Line, you will be adjusting Easterly. If you are East of the line, you'll adjust Westerly.
Pause the video at 3:37. You can see the declination scale on the inside face of the compass. Its labels are both E Decl and W Decl...you turn it so you get the declination from the map or an updated degree for the area....If the Map says 8° East, you adjust toward the E Decl.
thank you!!!!
you should use the mirror to take your bearing,,, opps, guess you didn't read the instructions, so many suppose experts trying to tell how to use a compass without reading the instructions
darkegalahad Please explain what you mean by "use the mirror"