Wait this is actually SO USEFUL 😆 and omg yes I definitely get lost on my way out of “Mall of Istanbul”😂 So I kinda save myself every time by looking at the light from the ceiling window and remembering the atmosphere or temperature. Weird I know, but I guess it’s easy for me since I’m very spatial intelligent. Thank you so much for this amazing series I’m really enjoying it so far!! I just love learning these types of skills no matter how useless they look like😊💗💗 and I think people should depend a little more on their brain rather than google maps😂👍🏻
During the day the sun rises in the east & sets in the west so if you observe that arc you can see the cardinal directions by observing that arc or a large portion of it... same for the moon- the moon also rises in the east & sets in the west... in addition from where I am at in DC [USA] When I look at the moons arc I am facing SOUTH as it travels its east-west arc... finally the stars also rotate around the Polar Star... so if you set a stick in the ground or use a tree & lie down you can determine the cardinal directions from that movement relative to a tree or the stick... provided you observe from that same lying down place- which is easy to do at night before you fall asleep, you then mark north on the ground at the foot of your stick or relative to the tall tree you chose & when you wake up you have North on the ground to set your direction for the day.
Exactly, thanks for mentioning the moon and stars too. I refrained from doing so to keep things as simple as possible at this stage, plus people are more likely to be walking in the daylight. I may add these to the full course (nearing launch) in the next update. Best wishes.
@@chris-terrell-liveactive It's great you are teaching these skills, there have been so many examples of people dying on thru hikes, camping whatever... when some very simple & basic skills could have made the difference for them.... just bcuz someone buys equipment does not make them capable in the wilderness especially solo. I have always been a solo guy & travel by sun, star, & moon, but I have also always been excellent at woodcraft since I am a carpenter & read a lot, love the outdoors [been an outdoors person even when young] & all that... people don't know what they don't know until they stumble their way into a situ that they are ill equipped & underkilled to handle- then its too late to find out... our modern world blinds people to the fact that no matter how "modern" or sophisticated a society becomes... whether you live in the fabricated reality of an urban structure or the boondocks... it takes skill, knowledge, wisdom, ingenuity, & physical acumen to thrive in the wilderness... I think a lot of people are so disconnected from the wilderness that they don't even realize that they are seriously under matched against a bear or mountain lion & will 100% be lunch unless they are fully prepared for such encounters>>> with the skills & preparation to flip the script in their favor... I don't know if you ever heard of "bearman"... he got his GF & himself eaten alive bcuz he thought bears were his friends... he didn't even have a bowie knife with him... so many people have died 10-20 miles from a town having gone on a hike or to camp with no idea how to be self reliant when their life depends upon it... One guy sat by a brook & slowly starved to death thinking someone would show up & rescue him... didn't even know how to build a fire & throw green material on it to make smoke for the search planes looking for him... he was less than 15 miles from a town... just waited by a brook until he died, another guy was found dead in a bathroom at a camp [offseason-winter] bcuz he did not know how to trap food, create fire, signal for help etc, the snow storm came & he was trapped when he ran out of food he starved to death... again planes were looking for him & even tho he had a rocket stove again he did not know how to build a simple signal fire or even to think of that... its sad but also ridiculous how unprepared some people are for the adventure they set out on... so in short I value everyone who is involved in educating people with the skills they need to THRIVE & not just survive the wilderness... so thanks I appreciate you... even tho I've never owned a compass & prob will never own one- for others its an important skill to learn that will save theirs or someone elses life one day & I enjoy these types of video's a ton- keep them coming!
Absolutely agree, I wonder whether the cases you mention were people who'd lost all initiative even to try to figure something out through either total disorientation or never being encouraged to try working through a new problem transferring whatever knowledge they had from other areas of their lives. I wonder if the way our (uk, maybe usa/can too?) Education system is structured into separated subjects has some effects like this.. I notice it just within school where many kids don't make any connections from one subject to another. Thanks for your contribution to this topic.
@@chris-terrell-liveactive My view is that it doesn't matter what you teach someone- rather its the WAY you teach them... for instance if you do not teach someone to TRANSLATE xsquared + ysquared = 25 is a CIRCLE of 5 units radius with 0,0 as its center & vice versa moving from the real object in space to it's description in algebra... then your students can pass tests & regurgitate all you & they want- but you really haven't taught them anything bcuz the whole point is teaching them to be able to think & teach themselves... that is the reason Euclid is timeless & dudes like Lincoln basically educated themselves with his 13 books of the elements of the 5 idea figures... bcuz you are not teaching them the subject standing alone... you are teaching them the scientific method, the relations & identities & how everything works together to describe reality with the language of math... so for me its not the subject matter its the failure of any teacher in any discipline to take that specific subject matter & make it canonical... instead you have a bunch of feeble minded sheeple toting their brass monkey full of disconnected canon balls... anyway whose listening to me! Thanks again & keep up the good work- what you do is valuable... give someone a fish you feed them for a day... teach them how to find the fish & how to fish & how to process fish & how to cook fish... & you have fed them for a lifetime. Peace TRUTH Justice
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Wait this is actually SO USEFUL 😆 and omg yes I definitely get lost on my way out of “Mall of Istanbul”😂 So I kinda save myself every time by looking at the light from the ceiling window and remembering the atmosphere or temperature. Weird I know, but I guess it’s easy for me since I’m very spatial intelligent. Thank you so much for this amazing series I’m really enjoying it so far!! I just love learning these types of skills no matter how useless they look like😊💗💗 and I think people should depend a little more on their brain rather than google maps😂👍🏻
@@SashaBraus321 thank you for that generous comment, I'm glad you're finding it useful and using your observation skills to good effect. Best wishes!
These are really helpful videos Chris. Easy to follow and use practically. Disappointed that you didn’t mention the growth of moss on tree trunks 😂
I did consider that one but, in practice, I've rarely found it reliable in uk's damp climate. Thanks for the comment! :)
During the day the sun rises in the east & sets in the west so if you observe that arc you can see the cardinal directions by observing that arc or a large portion of it... same for the moon- the moon also rises in the east & sets in the west... in addition from where I am at in DC [USA] When I look at the moons arc I am facing SOUTH as it travels its east-west arc... finally the stars also rotate around the Polar Star... so if you set a stick in the ground or use a tree & lie down you can determine the cardinal directions from that movement relative to a tree or the stick... provided you observe from that same lying down place- which is easy to do at night before you fall asleep, you then mark north on the ground at the foot of your stick or relative to the tall tree you chose & when you wake up you have North on the ground to set your direction for the day.
Exactly, thanks for mentioning the moon and stars too. I refrained from doing so to keep things as simple as possible at this stage, plus people are more likely to be walking in the daylight. I may add these to the full course (nearing launch) in the next update. Best wishes.
@@chris-terrell-liveactive It's great you are teaching these skills, there have been so many examples of people dying on thru hikes, camping whatever... when some very simple & basic skills could have made the difference for them.... just bcuz someone buys equipment does not make them capable in the wilderness especially solo. I have always been a solo guy & travel by sun, star, & moon, but I have also always been excellent at woodcraft since I am a carpenter & read a lot, love the outdoors [been an outdoors person even when young] & all that... people don't know what they don't know until they stumble their way into a situ that they are ill equipped & underkilled to handle- then its too late to find out... our modern world blinds people to the fact that no matter how "modern" or sophisticated a society becomes... whether you live in the fabricated reality of an urban structure or the boondocks... it takes skill, knowledge, wisdom, ingenuity, & physical acumen to thrive in the wilderness... I think a lot of people are so disconnected from the wilderness that they don't even realize that they are seriously under matched against a bear or mountain lion & will 100% be lunch unless they are fully prepared for such encounters>>> with the skills & preparation to flip the script in their favor... I don't know if you ever heard of "bearman"... he got his GF & himself eaten alive bcuz he thought bears were his friends... he didn't even have a bowie knife with him... so many people have died 10-20 miles from a town having gone on a hike or to camp with no idea how to be self reliant when their life depends upon it... One guy sat by a brook & slowly starved to death thinking someone would show up & rescue him... didn't even know how to build a fire & throw green material on it to make smoke for the search planes looking for him... he was less than 15 miles from a town... just waited by a brook until he died, another guy was found dead in a bathroom at a camp [offseason-winter] bcuz he did not know how to trap food, create fire, signal for help etc, the snow storm came & he was trapped when he ran out of food he starved to death... again planes were looking for him & even tho he had a rocket stove again he did not know how to build a simple signal fire or even to think of that... its sad but also ridiculous how unprepared some people are for the adventure they set out on... so in short I value everyone who is involved in educating people with the skills they need to THRIVE & not just survive the wilderness... so thanks I appreciate you... even tho I've never owned a compass & prob will never own one- for others its an important skill to learn that will save theirs or someone elses life one day & I enjoy these types of video's a ton- keep them coming!
Absolutely agree, I wonder whether the cases you mention were people who'd lost all initiative even to try to figure something out through either total disorientation or never being encouraged to try working through a new problem transferring whatever knowledge they had from other areas of their lives. I wonder if the way our (uk, maybe usa/can too?) Education system is structured into separated subjects has some effects like this.. I notice it just within school where many kids don't make any connections from one subject to another. Thanks for your contribution to this topic.
@@chris-terrell-liveactive My view is that it doesn't matter what you teach someone- rather its the WAY you teach them... for instance if you do not teach someone to TRANSLATE xsquared + ysquared = 25 is a CIRCLE of 5 units radius with 0,0 as its center & vice versa moving from the real object in space to it's description in algebra... then your students can pass tests & regurgitate all you & they want- but you really haven't taught them anything bcuz the whole point is teaching them to be able to think & teach themselves... that is the reason Euclid is timeless & dudes like Lincoln basically educated themselves with his 13 books of the elements of the 5 idea figures... bcuz you are not teaching them the subject standing alone... you are teaching them the scientific method, the relations & identities & how everything works together to describe reality with the language of math... so for me its not the subject matter its the failure of any teacher in any discipline to take that specific subject matter & make it canonical... instead you have a bunch of feeble minded sheeple toting their brass monkey full of disconnected canon balls... anyway whose listening to me! Thanks again & keep up the good work- what you do is valuable... give someone a fish you feed them for a day... teach them how to find the fish & how to fish & how to process fish & how to cook fish... & you have fed them for a lifetime. Peace TRUTH Justice