Compass navigation,keeping in a straight line

This is how I like to travel in a straight line with a compass and how I like to double check where Ive been compared to where Im going

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Howto & Style

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• navigation
• compass
• survival
• hiking
• bearings

[clholsinger]

Great simple video. love it man. keep it up. With a lensatic compass wouldnt it be possible to take an azimuth to a tree in that direction. Then Once you get to that tree just take another azimuth to another tree in the direction you are wanting to go?

[Reallybigmonkey1]

@clholsinger Yes, as long as you can pick a tree in exactly the right direction. If your tree is just one degree off, that will add up over several moves. This doesnt matter when you in a clearing or you can see for miles. When youre in thick bush and cant see far, you have to pick out several trees and make several moves. Thats why its good to look back and make sure the object you left is exactly 180 off your chose path. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for watching my friend.

[tnealb43]

David, Here again you make things simplel. I like that. I am a simple man win simple ways. Keep it Simple, that's the way to go for me. Thanks again for the gift.

Neal Brown,aka:Shaman

[Reallybigmonkey1]

@tnealb43 Ha Ha, I love simple too. All those years that I played around in the woods with my mentors they always said, this is a hobby and fun and ganes for now but, keep it simple. If you are ever lost, cold, weak or hungry, you need a simple way of finding your way. Thanks for the comments Neal and thank you for watching my friend.

[sousaville]

hey monk...nice simple explanation....same way we do up north brother...except we got big hills so we get lucky and can take bearings that are much father apart.....then i check sun postion and lanscape features between bearings...safe trails brother..peace

[Reallybigmonkey1]

@sousaville Here where I go, the woods and trees are so thick that you cant see more than 20 feet at times in the summer. Its real easy to get off course here. We have hills and no big mountains here. I gotta get out and see the world one day, ha ha. Take care man and thanks for watching.

[sousaville]

@Reallybigmonkey1 my pleasure i like your vids....you and reeperz come up north...stay at my place...the ladies can all be on director duty as we tear up the woods and mountains,lol.goodnight my friend.

[Reallybigmonkey1]

@todddguillory Hey man, been there, done that. At the worst possible time too, I was about 10 or 11 or something and got lost for almost 24 hours. I stayed out of the woods for a few years after that. Fun in the woods is way better than lost in the woods, ha ha. Thanks for watching my friend.

[todddguillory]

Lost in the woods, no fun, Trust me....LOL!!

[Reallybigmonkey1]

@swilliams2482 Its real easy to miss channels on youtube, Ive been here for over a year surfing around and I still find people with thousands of subs and millions of views and have never even heard of them. Youtube is a really big place. thanks for the comments and thanks for watching. Plenty more to come down the road bro!