How to find TRUE North without a Compass : using the Shadow Method

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  • No special gear needed for this simple survival life hack , just use the sun and the shadow it makes on a simple stick . be sure to mark a spot when you start for it will be your west mark, after 20-30 min mark again where the shadow stops , for this will be your east mark. from there its easy to figure out where True North is . enjoy and until next time !
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  • @GamerMom77
    @GamerMom77 9 років тому +4

    I have been trying to teach my husband to learn some type of sense of direction for years, and this video right here just may do the the trick! My dad taught me to learn to read maps before I could drive, and before that he taught me to work on cars and such. He told me that he wanted to make sure that his daughter could take care of herself if anything happened to me while living on my own. But I guess with today's society so many people are more tech nerd, than hands on grease monkeys. The man I fell in love with knows nothing of pulling out a front axle and how to replace the barrings. Or to drop a transmission to replace the seals and gaskets, then to put it back. I can do all of that and go camping the real way. Not in some RV camper that everyone uses now. Its a rare thing to see a chick be able to do all this, but my dad made sure I knew how to take care of myself. And now I am passing it all to my daughter so that she will be able to as well.

    • @keaganlindsay7648
      @keaganlindsay7648 3 роки тому +1

      I feel for you. Having to teach a man about navigation 😞

  • @harabas3499
    @harabas3499 7 років тому +2

    this is the easiest video to understand, i checked others, the longer their video the more complicated it becomes, thanks!!!

  • @SamsMusicification
    @SamsMusicification 10 років тому +18

    never eat shredded wheat! fantastically informative video!

  • @lennardmcintosh7093
    @lennardmcintosh7093 10 років тому +2

    Never knew it. Appreciate your posts, sir. Keep them comin'!

  • @flyingninja1234
    @flyingninja1234 7 років тому +5

    This is incredibly useful. Thank you.

  • @ImaLoneWolfintheWoods
    @ImaLoneWolfintheWoods 10 років тому +1

    This is really awesome video, great information I never knew!!! Thank you!

  • @iugoeswest
    @iugoeswest 10 років тому +1

    Awesome! Thanks! Your channel rocks. Glad I found it!

  • @RasiliOConnor
    @RasiliOConnor 7 років тому +3

    Great video. Thank you for making it!

  • @theblacksorrow
    @theblacksorrow 10 років тому +1

    man, ur vids r awesome .. what's great about ur vids that u provide any object or information with all its details

  • @teenracer166571
    @teenracer166571 10 років тому +4

    Great video, learnt alot

  • @BrianR-ML
    @BrianR-ML 10 років тому +5

    Wow... Never heard of that trick... Please bring more survival stuff out there!

  • @STATICCA
    @STATICCA 10 років тому +5

    Where did you get that compass? It looks exactly like the one in amra2(military simulation game)?

  • @nickviking1
    @nickviking1 10 років тому +1

    Excellent work...... Trust me ive tried the method drscribed here. Thanks for the upload.....

  • @vincentaurelius2390
    @vincentaurelius2390 10 років тому +1

    Mr. Smith should be in every video. You guys make a great team.

  • @SESAME4ND1
    @SESAME4ND1 10 років тому

    Good tip! Dont forget gun related vids.. Keep it up!

  • @jonathandock8416
    @jonathandock8416 Рік тому

    Thanks for video! Very informative 💪🙏🤗👊✌️😁

  • @slighdiggity
    @slighdiggity 10 років тому +8

    Thank you, this is very useful.

  • @PureChaos69
    @PureChaos69 10 років тому

    Awesome! great survival tip. Also what kind/brand of compass was that, towards the end?

  • @boywunder1894
    @boywunder1894 10 років тому

    This is brilliant thank you

  • @hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759
    @hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759 5 місяців тому

    Awesome explanation.

  • @marlonsanchez2187
    @marlonsanchez2187 10 років тому

    Very useful thanks!

  • @JustSomeGuyNotAnAlien
    @JustSomeGuyNotAnAlien 2 роки тому

    Thanks! Great video

  • @morpheus101a
    @morpheus101a 10 років тому

    Great video!

  • @yoman2796
    @yoman2796 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @dannycheek8118
    @dannycheek8118 10 років тому

    2nd person to like,how do es he come up with such interesting stuff

  • @katiethompson1450
    @katiethompson1450 6 років тому +1

    That is so cool and I can use this idea/information for my project

    • @American-Plague
      @American-Plague 5 років тому

      I hope your project is building a sundial...because they have to be oriented exactly North...which means not only can you tell fairly precise (within 15 minutes or less) time using only shadows, you can orient your sundial North, thereby making it precise, using only shadows. I think that's awesome!

  • @robinsane2489
    @robinsane2489 7 років тому +1

    how tall does the stick have to be for it to work in inches

  • @genaroayala8100
    @genaroayala8100 4 роки тому +4

    I can't believe there is people who don't know that the sun rises East and settles West. But it's okay my grandma didn't know the Sun was a star. SMH

  • @ouroboros7388
    @ouroboros7388 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you!!

  • @MrWormsweat
    @MrWormsweat 10 років тому +1

    Good one man. Eddie

  • @NatureSurvivalist
    @NatureSurvivalist 10 років тому +1

    That's so funny because a long time ago my teacher told me never eat soggy waffles as a way to remember north east south west.

  • @max_000_
    @max_000_ 6 років тому +1

    its been 4 years but isnt it easier mark west then opposite of that is east and in the middle with a 90 degree angle is north

  • @SjoerdSoundz
    @SjoerdSoundz 9 років тому +3

    In the Netherlands they say: Nooit Op Zondag Werken, which means, never work on sundays lol.

  • @armandoh1769
    @armandoh1769 10 років тому

    That was fuckin awsome dude,who in the world wouldve thought,nice video...u should do more videos like this,thumbs up

  • @darkninjamandelta
    @darkninjamandelta 2 роки тому

    Thank you!

  • @Q8Police777
    @Q8Police777 10 років тому

    This is fucking epic. One if the best survival tips.

  • @rasput1n6
    @rasput1n6 10 років тому

    This video deserves a like as big as a castle

  • @GaloventMech
    @GaloventMech 10 років тому

    What about chopped tree circle pattern and algae rock? I guess that can help too...just wondering

  • @dr123hall
    @dr123hall 2 роки тому

    Very good!

  • @nezurrak
    @nezurrak 9 років тому +19

    In Australia it's Never Eat Soggy Weetbix

    • @keaganlindsay7648
      @keaganlindsay7648 3 роки тому +1

      Thought south Africa was the only one that has that. Best little brick of joy. 😂

    • @blastradius7193
      @blastradius7193 Місяць тому +1

      The wheelatabix gang always knows what's good for you... OK!!!

  • @The_Pickle34
    @The_Pickle34 10 років тому

    Hey man what boots are you wearing in this video? They look decent!

  • @stevemorse108
    @stevemorse108 Рік тому

    Does this work at any time of day? Thanks.

  • @gorgontar
    @gorgontar 10 років тому

    So cool , best way so far for me

  • @linuxxor
    @linuxxor 10 років тому

    That was good info.

  • @memememe-yv4up
    @memememe-yv4up 4 роки тому +1

    Yay New I'll never forget where I live

  • @Baggytrousers27
    @Baggytrousers27 10 років тому

    Have you already done the watch method as well?

  • @angelbenavides6179
    @angelbenavides6179 10 років тому

    Great video

  • @mpfi6543
    @mpfi6543 6 років тому

    Fantastic

  • @kevlandy
    @kevlandy 6 років тому +6

    In the UK: "Never Eat Shredded Wheat."

    • @davidjd123
      @davidjd123 3 роки тому

      same here in the US, i think this guy just made up his own lol

  • @tristanjennings7013
    @tristanjennings7013 10 років тому +26

    Never eat soggy waffles lol

  • @Discover_the_world3
    @Discover_the_world3 3 місяці тому

    Informative

  • @malikjawad6920
    @malikjawad6920 6 років тому

    30 minutes is not a less time? After a couple of hour the direction of north wouldn't be changed??

  • @ernstmayer3868
    @ernstmayer3868 6 років тому +10

    What a task. Sun is always coming from east and going west. Just look at the sky and save 30 minutes.

    • @samu-yx8zv
      @samu-yx8zv 5 років тому +2

      I know im a year late but thats actually wrong. Its only true in the autumn and spring.

    • @American-Plague
      @American-Plague 5 років тому +3

      Samu8882 is correct. While the sun is ALWAYS on an exact East to West PATH, the direction of the RISING and SETTING sun is NEVER exactly East or West except in the equinoxes.

  • @akharshatan
    @akharshatan 4 роки тому

    Thanks !

  • @davidfarm8095
    @davidfarm8095 2 роки тому

    thank you

  • @TheRedspinx
    @TheRedspinx 10 років тому

    But if you stood on the other side.of your rocks wouldn't people get that confused with.north also?

  • @DoktorWahrheit
    @DoktorWahrheit 8 років тому

    awesome !!!

  • @magedazouz7767
    @magedazouz7767 11 місяців тому +1

    Why the first mark is the West ?

  • @johnniesuastegui1149
    @johnniesuastegui1149 10 років тому

    U should review all of the mre

  • @ArtAndPlay
    @ArtAndPlay 10 років тому

    It is amzing, not long ago lots of people know this today everybody have a GPS so who cares. but in a survival situation it's important

  • @stewmiller778
    @stewmiller778 10 років тому +3

    Or, poke the stick in the ground so it has no shadow. Come back later and the shadow will be pointing East.

  • @BrightIdeatoyou
    @BrightIdeatoyou 10 років тому +1

    I feel awesome

  • @aloisgwatinyanya6240
    @aloisgwatinyanya6240 4 роки тому

    Nice one

  • @fiercetiger1000
    @fiercetiger1000 10 років тому +3

    i heard it was "Never, Ever, Smoke, Weed" for the points

  • @queleimportapene6582
    @queleimportapene6582 6 років тому +8

    It should change direction before and after noon.

  • @etanx2000
    @etanx2000 10 років тому

    just find out the direction of your shadow, here in NY, the shadow points to north, so remember that West is always on the left of the shadow and east is always opposite to west.

  • @Bnswiss
    @Bnswiss 9 років тому

    Hey this is a stupid question and I kinda know why but want a better explanation. How do you know which way is north ? I totally get the east and west part using a shadow and time but it seems like it would be easy to confuse north and south??? Does north have to do with the way the shadow moves? Is that how you know?

    • @agems56
      @agems56 9 років тому

      West is always the left of north

    • @FWtravels
      @FWtravels 8 років тому

      East is always to the right of North

    • @justinc9153
      @justinc9153 6 років тому

      If you live in the US... I always like to think of it as East Coast and West Coast... if you orient yourself with that in mind, it shouldn't be hard to visualize. If the rock representing west is on your right, that would mean the pacific is also to your right... that fact will not change... which means you're looking toward Mexico.

  • @remu-chan1134
    @remu-chan1134 10 років тому

    Nice

  • @Bushter99
    @Bushter99 10 років тому

    Good work very helpful

  • @user-bd2id5yf9g
    @user-bd2id5yf9g 6 років тому

    Cool

  • @Megal0squatch
    @Megal0squatch 10 років тому

    What is it that he says at the end of every video?

  • @helgefan8994
    @helgefan8994 6 років тому +2

    And at night, you can simply use the stars to find North. When it‘s really cloudy though, you‘re in trouble...

    • @armandoruiz7403
      @armandoruiz7403 5 років тому

      That's I was going to ask, how do you find North when its cloudy and you have no sun?

  • @anandaji4075
    @anandaji4075 8 років тому

    ~really nice...............

  • @krishnasantosh4491
    @krishnasantosh4491 9 років тому

    thats owesome

  • @agent6467
    @agent6467 4 роки тому

    I'm sorry if this is just me but I think that the video is a little quiet.

  • @irisbaldwin1210
    @irisbaldwin1210 6 років тому

    thank u

  • @acowthatiz
    @acowthatiz 10 років тому

    This will help me if a plane ever crashes. And then i get stuck in the wild. And im the only survivor. I think about that happening a lot when i ride plains. Like thats a scary thought. Thats why i'm afraid of planes. When i ride them

  • @Shikhu813
    @Shikhu813 2 роки тому

    Want to this for my ncc exam😁

  • @user-se5is2iw6y
    @user-se5is2iw6y 5 років тому

    awesome

  • @JC-pz2nk
    @JC-pz2nk 10 років тому +36

    Hey can u do more survival kits please :D

    • @KGBsurivalist
      @KGBsurivalist  10 років тому +33

      most diffidently

    • @Hendlton
      @Hendlton 10 років тому +4

      KGB Survivalist YES!I love those!

    • @xXBoo56Xx
      @xXBoo56Xx 10 років тому +1

      ja

    • @vijayareddy6199
      @vijayareddy6199 8 років тому +1

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    • @greghamill3757
      @greghamill3757 7 років тому +1

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  • @Tushinho
    @Tushinho 4 роки тому

    But what time it was

  • @bibekchhetri8140
    @bibekchhetri8140 6 років тому

    Brock make an vdo about haw to make sundial

  • @velms1
    @velms1 10 років тому

    cool !!!

  • @CastleMisha
    @CastleMisha 10 років тому

    How do you say "paca paca" backwards?

  • @edwardkhan4209
    @edwardkhan4209 2 роки тому

    Facing towards north your left hand will always west and you right hand is east.
    If you consider left hand is west and your right hand as east so now you are facing towards NORTH

  • @johnniesuastegui1149
    @johnniesuastegui1149 10 років тому +8

    Never Ever Smoke Weed

  • @ericforeman1562
    @ericforeman1562 10 років тому

    Show us how to read a compass like the black one in this video

  • @DarkShroom
    @DarkShroom 3 роки тому +1

    in the UK it's "never eat shredded wheat"

  • @lancethrustworthy
    @lancethrustworthy 5 років тому +2

    I appreciate your making of this video. The outside audio was fine. The inside audio was not good.
    Please set up a system so that you can use a personal mic indoors. I realize that many cellphones and small video recorders don't offer the option of external mic, but that's what you need.
    Using the camera's mic in a hard walled space invites room reverb which messes with your plosives and fricatives which are critical for differentiating words. Help yourself and us, please.

  • @s40driver
    @s40driver 8 років тому

    i prefer sundial compass (water less) cost 10- XXX $ depending on qualety and if its an antique, i got mine in brass for 15-25$ so its a remake farly obvious (and if ur prepaird to hit the sundiale corretion chart whit a bit of epoxy its actaly pritty ceap, it can fall out if u drop it one or two times).

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      @vijayareddy6199 8 років тому

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  • @markchavez5207
    @markchavez5207 10 років тому

    Hey y hay can help me to dont get post adn finish in China, now im in u.s.a

  • @bhagyalaxmi3469
    @bhagyalaxmi3469 6 років тому

    super

  • @shazieshazie
    @shazieshazie 6 років тому

    Yeah thanks

  • @GoDxism
    @GoDxism 6 років тому

    But I thought the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so shouldn't the directions you provided be reversed (i.e. the first rock is east, and the second rock is west)?

    • @American-Plague
      @American-Plague 5 років тому +3

      No. He did it correctly. Stop, use your brain for a couple minutes and visualize where the sun is in the sky when these shadows are being made and which direction it's traveling. It's really not that difficult if you try to think just a little.

    • @Panda-gw8ot
      @Panda-gw8ot Рік тому

      When the Sun is in the East, shadow is cast on the West and vice versa, simple. So first he marked the West, later the East. He is right.

  • @TheRealAnarchrox
    @TheRealAnarchrox 10 років тому

    What out in the Southern Hemisphere? Will it be the same or opposite given the direction in which the sun rises here.

    • @KGBsurivalist
      @KGBsurivalist  10 років тому +3

      Same method , the sun still rises in the east and sets in the west, only thing that changes is the angle the sun travels .

    • @TheRealAnarchrox
      @TheRealAnarchrox 10 років тому

      I was under the impression that it was opposite but never bothered to take notice. Cool, thanks man. LIking the survival on a budget at certain stores videos too. In the process of coming up with a good survival kit myself.

    • @christopherellis2663
      @christopherellis2663 7 років тому

      TheRealAnarchrox
      opposite as in opposite side of the equator, so the sun rises in the east, transits northward, and sets in the west. The Earth rotates about its axis, True North and True South.

  • @CSEDheerajKolla
    @CSEDheerajKolla 7 років тому

    nice

  • @mgsp88
    @mgsp88 10 років тому

    I didnt know that !

  • @vatarants
    @vatarants Рік тому

    Nice to know.
    I hope i won't have a chance to use this.

  • @user-io8sm4ym6y
    @user-io8sm4ym6y 7 років тому

    Rock on the left is west? but the shadow was cast left to right.. I think you overcomplicated it?

    • @American-Plague
      @American-Plague 5 років тому +1

      Yes. You're right. It's not overcomplicated. Think about it for a minute...

    • @dwiiskincare1623
      @dwiiskincare1623 2 роки тому

      Rock on the left means sun from the right side, it projects shadow

  • @jkoeberlein1
    @jkoeberlein1 10 років тому

    You don't even need to do that, just face the sun. In the northern hemisphere you're facing south, if you can't figure the other cardinal points you shouldn't be outside. The only time I've ever used my compass was when we're out map navigating. I use it to orient the map to true north (correct the map to the magnetic deviation of where you are and you're golden!) I then pick out mountain peaks I can see and off I go.

    • @vioreldragutan
      @vioreldragutan 10 років тому

      This is only true if it is 12 PM and you are north from the tropic of cancer, or, in the case of the souther hemisphere, south from the tropic of capricorn (you would be facing the geographical North)

    • @jkoeberlein1
      @jkoeberlein1 10 років тому

      It's true most of the time noon is easier, but I can always find south and the rest is easy.

    • @thetawave2473
      @thetawave2473 Рік тому

      Not even close pal