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polaris:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 14, 2009, 02:16:43 pm ---
There are a couple long hikes I want to do but need to brush up on my navigation skills.  I have a lot of old old school techniques I learned from my grandfather but they are more survival than navigation.  I'd be just fine for quite a while if I get lost - but right now there is no guarantee I'll get where I mean to go.   :laugh2:

I figure picking up with some orienteering folks should solve this.  Anyone here into this? 

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not for a while but, map readings not hard, the key on the map gives you all you need to know , you still need to plan your waypoints but just on a map rather than gps. the thing i found difficult was trying to judge your speed and therefore estimate how far youve travelled and when to know youve walked past the checkpoint you were looking for, a step counter could assist with this.
i would say get some maps and have a little study of them. do you have good maps over there, im sure there are.( im not being rude its just our os maps are awesome for hikers ). try and get a map of local areas its easy to visit and go out once you know the map key a bit and try and relate your surroundings to the map.
just a bit of practice i would say is all thats needed.
there is a map scale best for hiking detail , have a look on the ordnance survey website and theyll have a range targeted to hikers, look for the scale on that and try and find some US ones.

CCM:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on May 14, 2009, 02:39:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 14, 2009, 02:16:43 pm --- I have a lot of old old school techniques I learned from my grandfather but they are more survival than navigation.

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at least learn how to resize the pictures in your waste-of-time posts....

Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 14, 2009, 02:16:43 pm ---
There are a couple long hikes I want to do but need to brush up on my navigation skills.  I have a lot of old old school techniques I learned from my grandfather but they are more survival than navigation.  I'd be just fine for quite a while if I get lost - but right now there is no guarantee I'll get where I mean to go.   :laugh2:

I figure picking up with some orienteering folks should solve this.  Anyone here into this? 

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Why bother?  GPS for the win!

Ummon:
Pick up the Marine Corps BST/EST book of knowledge. Has good instructions on land nav.

TOK:
I suggest brushing up on the old school techniques, but bring a GPS and cell phone. Nothing says --missioncontrol-- like your haggard picture in the paper being led out of the woods by a couple of park rangers.

My buddies and I ride dirt bikes in remote area's and basically use whatever means are available to tell what direction you're in. Know where you're facing in relation to the sun, if there are any main trails or roads that are visible pay attention if you're running parallel or perpendicular, and if there is an airport nearby, know the flight paths... We use air traffic into and out of Fort Dix as a guide when in the Pine Barrens.

I think it's really difficult to find somewhere to get good and truely lost in the northeast of the US... Maine is perhaps the last place you could die in the woods and not be found for months.  :cheers:

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