Showing posts with label use the sun. hiking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label use the sun. hiking. Show all posts

Friday, April 10, 2015

Lost? No Compass? No Worries!

Older style compass.
Lensatic compass
Forgot your compass?  Are you lost and without a compass and need to find the way home?
Here's an idea from our new project in the works, Camp Help.
While this may be a problem for most folks, if it is sunny at all you can find directions easily using the track of the sun across the sky.
Place a stick in the ground and mark where it creates a shadow.  Label this with a W.
Then wait 20 minutes or more. Sit and eat a snack.  Enjoy the view.
Now, place a mark at that new shadow and mark it with an E.
The first mark is to the west, the second mark is to the east.