My dad taught me when I was very young that knowing all the methods for finding north is essential, but it's useless if you don't know the direction you need to be going. The lesson is to be completely trained and prepared before going on any hike or adventure into the wilderness. Awesome video sir!
@@mytravls I think it's because the North star allows for finding North easily during night. But there isn't an as simple equivalent for East. In the end one direction implies the others so it doesn't really matter which direction as long as you have multiple methods
This also explains why we call "Clockwise" what it is. Before clocks we had sundials. Anyone familiar with those understands that the shadow moves across them from West to East as the day passes. So, when they came up with the concept of clocks and watches, they had the hands move in the same direction as the shadow on a sundial.
😂 this is not the intelligent comic that you think it is. The Casey laid out doesn't even begin to support the premise that you declared. In fact your argument explicitly states that it should be called sundial wise as opposed to clockwise. It's not called clockwise because that's how a shadow moved across the sundial. It's called clockwise because that's the direction that the hands move across the face of a clock. Now the hands may move across the face of the clock in that direction because that's the direction that a shadow would move across the face of the sundial but that, in no way, explains why clockwise is called clockwise. Forgive any speech to text discrepancies or typos
@@goodcitizen3780You try to argue his statement by playing with the words he used, to end your paragraph with "don't look at any error of speech or any typos I made"... What he said is correct. What he meant is that on a clock, the the dials move in the direction they do because the dials of the first mechanical clocks were given the same rotation as solar clocks. It just turns out that the english language created the word "clockwise" at some point in time to describe this. In my language, the word "clockwise" doesn't exist. If I translate the words we use word for word, it would mean "in the direction of the hours". It doesn't mention the word clock since this expression existed before the invention of mechanical clocks, which thus proves his statement.
@@goodcitizen3780 To understand why clockwise is called such we need to start earlier than that. Now, "sundial-wise' may have been a thing (highly doubtful) back in the 1500s to 1800s when they were popular. By popular, I mean, *invented* , not implying that they were something in common household use. Most people back then had little idea what time of day it was- or cared. The sun came up, they got busy. It got dark, the went to sleep. Sundials were for the educated populace. When clocks were invented, they designed them to turn in the direction that mimicked the shadow's movement around a sundial. They weren't cheap to make and expensive to own. They required daily maintenance winding up the weights, oiling and cleaning. Large clocks began to be used in public spaces. In most cities and towns there was usually a town clock placed prominently for all to see. (Big Ben is a good example) Learning to tell *time* became 'a thing' for average people. Change is a slow process. When someone needed to explain the direction of how something turned, they referenced that with which everyone was familiar: the town clock. Eventually being simply- clockwise. Bonus: The sundials were invented the northern hemisphere, where the vast population still lives. Note: sundials have to be modified for them to work in the south. Had they been invented south of the equator, our clocks may very well be turning the opposite direction.
May I suggest, having found your long straight stick and sharpened the small sticks, take them with you so you can reconfirm after walking. It’s easy to get off-line, especially in rough or treed areas.
Better yet, after deciding your direction of travel, place your three small sticks in the ground and after placing your long straight stick next to them, take out the small stick at the direction you're "coming from" and put it at the end of your long stick where "you're going to", then move up your long stick so the previous middle one is now the one at the "back" and rinse repeat. That way you'll go in a straight line. :P
@@DutchFurnaceYou can double your speed with a stick that has double the length of the original long stick. If you use both these sticks, you probably can come near to 3x the original speed. Thus, instead of 300 years, you only need about a lifetime to get somewhere. 😜
but good job on explaining something so well in 2 minutes that other youtubers take 15 minutes to explain, was always under the assumption that primitive survival skills were hard to learn, this looks do-able.
I have seen this method explained before but it never was thins in depth and concise. It must of been that fine animation you added! Anyway thank you for making this understandable and funny.. Word to ya mutha!
Amaging. This can be done using moonlight as well! And if one can track stars, then using some slanted stick in moonless night too. As the west to east is how our earth rotates!
This is a very good video! No bullshit, simply explained !😂 Anyway, carry your compass on a lanyard next to a whistle if you need to signal! Never go out in the bush unprepared! Nature doesn't tolerate the clueless!😂
I’ve got this vid along with 10 years old video “can You spot a fake smile” YT loves to give an old video the 2nd, 3rd.. new breath and I love YT for it.
About 40 years ago a friend and I were scouting an unfamiliar area prior to deer season. The sun had all but set, and I knew we needed to go east to get back to the road. I pointed at the setting sun and said "Ok, that's east (!!) so we want to go that way." We figured it out after about 2 hours. We got lucky. In the wrong situation my/our brain fart could have been fatal.
I think I learned this method from reading "The Far Side of The Mountain", which was the sequel novel to "My Side of The Mountain" when I was around 10 or 11 years old.
Ok, ok - learned that one too in an earlier millenium. Problem to me (beyond cloudy sky) is the amount of time it takes. You're better not in a hurry or you could just watch for sunrise and sundown. But if you have that time it's really reliable. So thanks for that after all.
Sad but true. The concept of "clockwise" has no meaning for a lot of the young'uns because they've never seen what we used to tell ordinary time with: clocks with round faces. And try telling them that at one time, telephones had to be "plugged in" to an outlet or they wouldn't work, and they couldn't send text either!
@@michaelwesterland1853 yes, exactly. I live in Oregon, I don’t believe it’s the whole state but several school districts, Portland, Eugene, Medford. Most of the big city schools, they realized that most students could not read an analog clock. Only digital. To fix this situation, instead of telling teachers to spend the 10 minutes to teach them. The solution, get rid of analog clocks. If they were to watch this demonstration, wouldn’t have a clue. The dumming down of the youth is in full effect here in Oregon. Actually, there is no standard of learning in order to graduate, no GPA etc… what a world
Hey don’t shit on youngins, I’m here watching after all. There’s better ways of feeling better about yourself than lowering to degradation of others. Shame on you. Your daddy should of taught you better. You feel bitter because your daddy done the same to you thus you pass it forwards. Heal thyself and pass no more trauma. Amen
@@Cmon-Manfailure of youth is the failure of the precomer to pass on information and impart living modalities. It’s a convenience to shed all responsibility of the past into the new people and avid blame. Such shadows of humanity is what leAd us here. You should be ashamed. Hehe. Anyways you can’t control how things go, sigh no more and allow the script to unfold, the screen play won’t be long before the away of fabrics. Bow bow bow Dow Dow Dow Dow bow bow Dow Dow music 🎶
A recently restored truth (see Covenant Calendar Club or Classroom) is that the last day of the biblical calendar year is the Spring (north of the Equator) Equinox. The next day is day 1 of month 1. Get to the 30th day of a month, and the next day is day 1 of the following month. Due to the sundial miracle (turn the sun's shadow back 10 degrees) Yahuwah performed for King Hezekiah, the Vernal Equinox no longer lands on the 360th day. There are waiting days after the 30th day of the 12th month for the end of the year marker. A simple sundial is used to mark the shadow during the year. When the arc changes to a straight line, that is the equinox, the shadow of turning. Thank you for showing how a sundial can be made with sticks, and for showing how to use sticks and shadow marking to find East-West and then North and South. Brilliant!
A neat property of the Sun is that it works the same way from almost anywhere on Earth where humans are. Like it's mind boggling every time I remember that northern winter is southern summer and southern winter is northern summer. But surprisingly, if you stand at the equator, with north up top and south at the bottom, and imagine the sun moving east to west, the shadows will always point the right way in both of the hemispheres, despite looking like different angles. They are mirrored and still correct.
So how do you find North when you are out on woods in your back yard? Well the sun always comes up over your right shoulder and sets over your left shoulder, now extend your arms towards those two directions and bring them together, in front of of you, that is North towards where your hands are pointing to. Or you can use a handy dandy compass.
Really informative and concise video! However, I didn't understand one part. Why do we need three small sticks? Two small sticks seem to suffice to get the west-east line.
50 years ago, I knew about this method, but had forgotten about it after I had been given a military compass by my grandpa _(RIP)_ who had fought in WWII and had seen action on D-Day. He was in a British armoured section called the *_Funnies._* _If I remember this is another 50 years, I'll be bl00dy old!_ 🤔😲👍 😅🤣😂
We were taught to put a stick in the ground that stands straight up. Mark the end of the shadow with a rock. That's West. After a few minutes (15 minutes to an hour) mark the tip of the shadow with another rock. That's East. SIMPLE!
I wonder if the sticks are even needed. You'd know time of day, so it seems like you could just look at the shadows of other objects that are there already, and mentally trace their shadow, walking through their midpoint.
@@AlbertaGeek I know it makes it easier. Just like you can do something straight much easier if you use a ruler. I just wonder if you could be good enough at this to just reasonably guesstimate North with a quick look at shadows.
Have never been lost in my life, but must admit is a bit tricky when in the southern hemisphere untill you get the hang of the sun and shadows being in the wrong side.
I got lost in Walmart today... Good thing I have wifi to watch this tutorial... Thanks bro
"im dead 🪦 (couldn't find the 💀 emoji)" ahh comment
@@Slapdasho u just found it
@@bidoof_o7you missed it
Sadly it wont work on scp-2008.
This is just in case towers go down and there will be no more cell phones … when we go back to the dark ages.
Great I’ll stick with that plan.
☺️
I see what you did there
You're such a stickler 😂
That's fantaSTICK !
It's good to be able to Branch out and have backup plans, for sure! 😜
"never said stick so much". The dry delivery was great my man.
The show "The English" brought me here, episode 2.
At least he " sticks " to the topic !😂😂
My dad taught me when I was very young that knowing all the methods for finding north is essential, but it's useless if you don't know the direction you need to be going. The lesson is to be completely trained and prepared before going on any hike or adventure into the wilderness. Awesome video sir!
Why north?
@@mytravls I think it's because the North star allows for finding North easily during night. But there isn't an as simple equivalent for East. In the end one direction implies the others so it doesn't really matter which direction as long as you have multiple methods
@@liukang85 but again this doesn’t help. What does finding North direction do when someone is lost?
I learned this when I was in the Cub Scouts around 1950.
The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west
If you're consistently travelling the same direction even if you're lost you'll likely find something useful quicker than running around in circles.
Good luck having a clear sunny day in the UK
I couldn't fine north or west bro.. his accent blocked it bro
He waited 3 months for a clear day to make the video.
This also explains why we call "Clockwise" what it is. Before clocks we had sundials. Anyone familiar with those understands that the shadow moves across them from West to East as the day passes. So, when they came up with the concept of clocks and watches, they had the hands move in the same direction as the shadow on a sundial.
lol, no. But interesting connection
@@BillBrasky368 lol. What's the reason that *you* think, smarty-pants?
😂 this is not the intelligent comic that you think it is. The Casey laid out doesn't even begin to support the premise that you declared.
In fact your argument explicitly states that it should be called sundial wise as opposed to clockwise.
It's not called clockwise because that's how a shadow moved across the sundial. It's called clockwise because that's the direction that the hands move across the face of a clock.
Now the hands may move across the face of the clock in that direction because that's the direction that a shadow would move across the face of the sundial but that, in no way, explains why clockwise is called clockwise.
Forgive any speech to text discrepancies or typos
@@goodcitizen3780You try to argue his statement by playing with the words he used, to end your paragraph with "don't look at any error of speech or any typos I made"...
What he said is correct. What he meant is that on a clock, the the dials move in the direction they do because the dials of the first mechanical clocks were given the same rotation as solar clocks.
It just turns out that the english language created the word "clockwise" at some point in time to describe this.
In my language, the word "clockwise" doesn't exist. If I translate the words we use word for word, it would mean "in the direction of the hours". It doesn't mention the word clock since this expression existed before the invention of mechanical clocks, which thus proves his statement.
@@goodcitizen3780 To understand why clockwise is called such we need to start earlier than that.
Now, "sundial-wise' may have been a thing (highly doubtful) back in the 1500s to 1800s when they were popular. By popular, I mean, *invented* , not implying that they were something in common household use. Most people back then had little idea what time of day it was- or cared. The sun came up, they got busy. It got dark, the went to sleep. Sundials were for the educated populace.
When clocks were invented, they designed them to turn in the direction that mimicked the shadow's movement around a sundial.
They weren't cheap to make and expensive to own. They required daily maintenance winding up the weights, oiling and cleaning. Large clocks began to be used in public spaces. In most cities and towns there was usually a town clock placed prominently for all to see. (Big Ben is a good example) Learning to tell *time* became 'a thing' for average people.
Change is a slow process. When someone needed to explain the direction of how something turned, they referenced that with which everyone was familiar: the town clock. Eventually being simply- clockwise.
Bonus: The sundials were invented the northern hemisphere, where the vast population still lives. Note: sundials have to be modified for them to work in the south. Had they been invented south of the equator, our clocks may very well be turning the opposite direction.
This is really good. Much easier way of teaching it than some books
Edit: just realized this gem is 10 years old
This just popped up on my feed this morning. The algorithm may be painfully slow, but it gives us needful things.
Me too 😀
Same!
The quality is crazy for a 10yo video
0:23 Smooth moves, dude! 😂
Hahaha 🤣 yes
I was looking for someone who had commented this😂
Shit made me giggle
May I suggest, having found your long straight stick and sharpened the small sticks, take them with you so you can reconfirm after walking. It’s easy to get off-line, especially in rough or treed areas.
Better yet, after deciding your direction of travel, place your three small sticks in the ground and after placing your long straight stick next to them, take out the small stick at the direction you're "coming from" and put it at the end of your long stick where "you're going to", then move up your long stick so the previous middle one is now the one at the "back" and rinse repeat. That way you'll go in a straight line.
:P
@@DutchFurnaceYou can double your speed with a stick that has double the length of the original long stick. If you use both these sticks, you probably can come near to 3x the original speed.
Thus, instead of 300 years, you only need about a lifetime to get somewhere. 😜
but good job on explaining something so well in 2 minutes that other youtubers take 15 minutes to explain, was always under the assumption that primitive survival skills were hard to learn, this looks do-able.
I have seen this method explained before but it never was thins in depth and concise. It must of been that fine animation you added! Anyway thank you for making this understandable and funny.. Word to ya mutha!
"word to ya mutha!" lmao XD
11 years ago, I got lost in the woods and never found my way out!
Thanks for the video.
@@wyrzwygBro... He probably doesn’t have reception.
Great video tutorial! Goes directly to the point, no blabla explaining during 5 minutes the history of sun sticks as seen in other videos...
Thanks dude! I feel like we’ll need this soon enough at this rate 💪🏻
What a delightful exercise to share with a young child. And in those ten-minute waiting times, make smores...
you'll need sticks for that...........ugh there goes that word again!
I like s’mores and I’m old. I wanna go!
Who's here in 2024, when the algorithm decided to recycle this gem
me
Same for me
Didn't even notice this was 11 year old video lol
Yep. Just got a bunch of oldies but goodies in a row. Dunno why
Me
Thanks!
Dang, man, this is legit stuff! Another great vid. Thanks, bruvva!
Amaging. This can be done using moonlight as well! And if one can track stars, then using some slanted stick in moonless night too. As the west to east is how our earth rotates!
I love the energy of that video.
Thank you. Always love this trick. I learn this from a Army friend and alway try to teach my other friends this trick.😁😁😁😁
This is a very good video! No bullshit, simply explained !😂 Anyway, carry your compass on a lanyard next to a whistle if you need to signal! Never go out in the bush unprepared! Nature doesn't tolerate the clueless!😂
I learned this in Boy scouts way back in 1965. Glad to see you youmg-uns are still keeping the old skills alive!😂
Simple, Entertaining, Educational. The best kind of video. Cheers.
I'll probably never need this sweet, simple little tip but it's worth knowing. Excellent 👍🏼
I'm in Scotland, I've got it all set up.
I'll get back to you in a few months 😂
In Canada the north side of a tree is usually easy to discern ,dampness , moss.
" ... High end, high quality animation".👍👍👍👍 Loved it.😂
I also loved that he immediately said, "Nah, not really. But it's the best I could do," and just kept talking. 😂
Clever use of shadows and geometry
Thanks mate surely one day this might come in handy but who knows it's better to be prepared than being lost 👍
Fanta-stick. Thanks!
Just to make a point, this shows a 'true' reading as there will be a magnetic variation.
I’ve got this vid along with 10 years old video “can You spot a fake smile”
YT loves to give an old video the 2nd, 3rd.. new breath and I love YT for it.
Ctscking vid mate. Short, sweet, and to the point. Subscribed.
Peace, Bro!
About 40 years ago a friend and I were scouting an unfamiliar area prior to deer season. The sun had all but set, and I knew
we needed to go east to get back to the road. I pointed at the setting sun and said "Ok, that's east (!!) so we want to go that way."
We figured it out after about 2 hours. We got lucky. In the wrong situation my/our brain fart could have been fatal.
That's cool I remember learning something like this as a kid but not sure it was the same can't remember exactly.thanks
Understood! I'll plan to the stick!😊
1:20 Was it the Wither Skeleton?
Thank you for this teaching.
Kick ass trick bro. Thank you.
Love watching this channel
I think I learned this method from reading "The Far Side of The Mountain", which was the sequel novel to "My Side of The Mountain" when I was around 10 or 11 years old.
Love the animation. High quality stuff 😎
I’d forgotten that trick I learnt from my dad over 65 years ago. Great to be reminded. Thanks. Btw, I’ve just subscribed.
Thanks for that lesson. Simple as it is… not many people are aware of that, and that could save their lives.
Sticky idea that is - can't forget! 👍
Thanks for the info
Ok, ok - learned that one too in an earlier millenium. Problem to me (beyond cloudy sky) is the amount of time it takes. You're better not in a hurry or you could just watch for sunrise and sundown. But if you have that time it's really reliable. So thanks for that after all.
I learned this back in the 70's from the Boy Scouts
Great info!
*Me:* Gets lost when it's raining. 💧
Better find a way to wait out that storm! 😆👍☔
In this case you should find cover and wait, relaxe, eat, evaluate your situation and opportunities. Use your brain. That’s hardcore. ;)
I've been lost for 11 years, but finally youtube recommended this
Cool! I’ve never seen this before! Thanks for the video…
No way mate you are a genius 💪
Good super transference of and on information 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 bless you too. Bless all..
Brilliant, thanks!
One of those quick videos that will be useful for generations to come. Except gen z
“What’s a stick?” - Some gen z kid… probably 😂
Sad but true. The concept of "clockwise" has no meaning for a lot of the young'uns because they've never seen what we used to tell ordinary time with: clocks with round faces.
And try telling them that at one time, telephones had to be "plugged in" to an outlet or they wouldn't work, and they couldn't send text either!
@@michaelwesterland1853 yes, exactly. I live in Oregon, I don’t believe it’s the whole state but several school districts, Portland, Eugene, Medford. Most of the big city schools, they realized that most students could not read an analog clock. Only digital. To fix this situation, instead of telling teachers to spend the 10 minutes to teach them. The solution, get rid of analog clocks. If they were to watch this demonstration, wouldn’t have a clue. The dumming down of the youth is in full effect here in Oregon. Actually, there is no standard of learning in order to graduate, no GPA etc… what a world
Hey don’t shit on youngins, I’m here watching after all. There’s better ways of feeling better about yourself than lowering to degradation of others. Shame on you. Your daddy should of taught you better. You feel bitter because your daddy done the same to you thus you pass it forwards. Heal thyself and pass no more trauma. Amen
@@Cmon-Manfailure of youth is the failure of the precomer to pass on information and impart living modalities.
It’s a convenience to shed all responsibility of the past into the new people and avid blame. Such shadows of humanity is what leAd us here. You should be ashamed. Hehe. Anyways you can’t control how things go, sigh no more and allow the script to unfold, the screen play won’t be long before the away of fabrics. Bow bow bow Dow Dow Dow Dow bow bow Dow Dow music 🎶
A recently restored truth (see Covenant Calendar Club or Classroom) is that the last day of the biblical calendar year is the Spring (north of the Equator) Equinox. The next day is day 1 of month 1. Get to the 30th day of a month, and the next day is day 1 of the following month. Due to the sundial miracle (turn the sun's shadow back 10 degrees) Yahuwah performed for King Hezekiah, the Vernal Equinox no longer lands on the 360th day. There are waiting days after the 30th day of the 12th month for the end of the year marker. A simple sundial is used to mark the shadow during the year. When the arc changes to a straight line, that is the equinox, the shadow of turning. Thank you for showing how a sundial can be made with sticks, and for showing how to use sticks and shadow marking to find East-West and then North and South. Brilliant!
Love it.
In Denmark we just look at the threes because they bend for the wind from West.
Strong Work👍
Same here, this is awesome.
Informative and entertaining, well done
With this, I'll get out of the sticks in no time!
Got this recommended years later, and I enjoy it
A neat property of the Sun is that it works the same way from almost anywhere on Earth where humans are.
Like it's mind boggling every time I remember that northern winter is southern summer and southern winter is northern summer. But surprisingly, if you stand at the equator, with north up top and south at the bottom, and imagine the sun moving east to west, the shadows will always point the right way in both of the hemispheres, despite looking like different angles. They are mirrored and still correct.
Nice bro. Love it.
So how do you find North when you are out on woods in your back yard? Well the sun always comes up over your right shoulder and sets over your left shoulder, now extend your arms towards those two directions and bring them together, in front of of you, that is North towards where your hands are pointing to. Or you can use a handy dandy compass.
look for moss on trees as it grows in the shady north direction.
Just use the analogue watch method. Place twig at 12 line up 12 and 6 with twig's shadow. Halfway between hour hand and 12 is north.
Luv it thank you, I was taught that in school elementary, I really forgot about that, luv it definitely gotta get me a compass 🧭
Really informative and concise video! However, I didn't understand one part. Why do we need three small sticks? Two small sticks seem to suffice to get the west-east line.
Thank You ...great demonstrations
10 years old...brilliant video thanks
That's ingenious.
Damn, that's actually quite a neat & potentially life-saving trick to know!
I’ll be using this info too.
Maybe. Last time i felt lost i realised North or South didn't matter because i didn't know what was in those directions anyway
This is perfect.
Quick tips and Stick tricks 😎👊🏼
50 years ago, I knew about this method, but had forgotten about it after I had been given a military compass by my grandpa _(RIP)_ who had fought in WWII and had seen action on D-Day. He was in a British armoured section called the *_Funnies._*
_If I remember this is another 50 years, I'll be bl00dy old!_ 🤔😲👍 😅🤣😂
Thanks man ill use this to find my car in a walmart parking lot
This is great!
Thank you.
Brilliant 😮
So you are following the TIP if the shadow as it moves, interesting, cheers !
Excellent!
Love your accent (and useful info) mate! Cheers!
Good stuff -- thanks for sharing!
We were taught to put a stick in the ground that stands straight up. Mark the end of the shadow with a rock. That's West. After a few minutes (15 minutes to an hour) mark the tip of the shadow with another rock. That's East. SIMPLE!
Very Good tip, thx !
Also, if you whirl a stringed-stone about upon the end of your thumb, you can find the strength of the wind at any time of year.
Nice trick 👌😉
Wtf Thanks
This is 11 Years old, but an alltime Gold!!!!!
Cool..thank you sir ! 👍
Brilliant 👍👏🇬🇧
cheers Alfie :)
Very good top. Thanks
all my land nav, never knew... subscribed bro
I wonder if the sticks are even needed. You'd know time of day, so it seems like you could just look at the shadows of other objects that are there already, and mentally trace their shadow, walking through their midpoint.
The sticks make it much easier to make sure your north-south line is 90 degrees from the east-west line.
@@AlbertaGeek I know it makes it easier. Just like you can do something straight much easier if you use a ruler. I just wonder if you could be good enough at this to just reasonably guesstimate North with a quick look at shadows.
Handy little survival trick brought to you by someone who sounds like Mick Jagger 😯
Have never been lost in my life, but must admit is a bit tricky when in the southern hemisphere untill you get the hang of the sun and shadows being in the wrong side.