Very good idea for a video, Emelie. Thanks for keeping this on an entry level. Every time Kevin started losing me, you brought him back to my "dummy" level. Not being a wilderness explorer type, I might be alone here in never having learned about a compass or the intricate details of maps. It was really good to see you in another video and I hope you'll thank Kevin for us for sharing more of his knowledge and experience with us.
Thank you!! Yes I kept on asking him all the time 😂 Guess it's the teacher in me, or as we say in Swedish "there's no such thing as a stupid question - only a stupid answer" 😊 Kevin is a great mentor!
@Emelie's Outdoor Adventures @ArticWolf outdoor adventures Thank you, BOTH for this video! I will be showing this (and Emily's other videos) to my Friend, who is just getting started in bushcraft. I have the same problem, that Kevin mentioned, when explaining land navigation to her. I get too technical/sidetracked, and her eyes start to glaze. LOL BTW: Just subscribed to ArcticWolf! Thanks Emelie!
Nice explanations. Thank you Kevin for covering the basics. Emelie the questions you asked are very good. Kevin added additional useful information. I never thought about having two different maps for winter and summer. There is a lot to take in about land navigation, map reading, compass usage. No beginner course can ever cover all of it and most book courses will leave you bewildered until you get out and practice the skills. For compasses get outside and practice using the compass in your local park where you can see well to pick out and shoot azimuths to objects. Find a location where you can see 1000 meters. Shoot an azimuth to an object using a siting compass(the kind with the mirror). Change your azimuth by 1 degree. Look to see the difference in distance between your original point to where the compass is pointed after the change. The difference is pretty significant. Getting a good azimuth is important. For people who are setting your pace counts. The first time walk a 100 Meters over fairly level ground. Soccer or football field is a good place. Do this three times then average your count. This will give you a base pace count. Wear your standard gear and do the pace counts again to see how the weight changes your pace and adjust your count. Check your pace counts on varying types of terrain up and down hills etc, Be aware of walking drift. Each person will tend to drift either right or left when walking. Usually associated with your primary hand. Right handed people tend to walk to the right although there are special people in the world that are different. Learn your drift. To help adjust for drift when going cross country when negotiating small obstacles such as trees round them to the opposite side of your drift.
Really appreciate your style of teaching. Twenty five years ago I went through our local Search and Rescue Academy. But haven’t used what I learned in over twenty years. I have watched at least a dozen different videos and I think I like yours the best. I hope that this is just the start of a series. Keep up the great great work.
This was by far the best basic navigation video I've seen. Taken classes, but love how it's show as you hike. Thank you so much. This is in my saved so I can refer to it again.
Thanks so much Emelie for this basic navigation video. It really helped me to understand a couple of things that other navigating videos had not made clear or made more complicated than they needed to be.
Hi Emilie and Kevin☺ thanks for the video, very instructive, and easy to understand, the countryside that you walked through was very beautiful, and what a great picnic spot at the end. Cheers guys, stay safe, best wishe's to all, Stuart uk.
Very good demo on map and compass skills , i like the basic skill set and enjoy to this day going for a hike with my compass and topo map..To explore an area where i have not hiked through before, it's fun and i learn something every time i go out into the wild.. i'm 76 now and have been doing this all my life .. I have almost always had outdoor jobs for different companies .. With tech helping us since 1995 with the aid of GPS handheld units to navigate , they have come a long way in high tech , i have used one since they were put on the market .. Now i have 26 years of skills with the aid of GPS to give me additional data ... You did well i enjoyed your video ..
Of course, it's easier with a GPS, it will always point to the same point no matter how much you go aside, but when it's out of power, landcards and compasses are always good to bring along, especially if you can figure it out, it was a rehearsal from when I was a soldier, you never forget that. That was a nice explanation you two bandits came up with. Thank you very much for that.
I really enjoy Land Navigation. Funny my location on a map using a compass is something that, when you can do it easily, makes a huge difference in the morale of the people you're with. Also it's kind of cool!
Great video with easy to understand directions and beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing and I hope all is well with you and your family. Looking forward to the next one!
Essential knowledge for just about anyone heading out into Nature, Emelie. Reading and navigating by use of a map and compass in the age of hand-held GPS is something of a lost art - an invaluable lost art. Contour maps and aeronautical charts, especially VFR charts, are loaded with compass-friendly information useful for navigating on the ground as well as in the air. There was once (and may still be) something called "orienteering" that Boy Scouts learned back in the day, which was all about overland navigation using a map, compass, and a dash of what pilots call "dead reckoning." Props to you for taking this subject on. Stay safe out there. Cheers.
That direction this gentleman showed you on how to get around the lake is what a Marine taught me on reading the map. I have a compass in my backpack which is my primary one and also a secondary one which is my backup unit when in the forest. I do need to get a map of the area which I can use to help when in the forest so I can depend on it also though.
Well, i just realized i need to brush up on my navigation skills, and learn how to use maps and compasses. I also need to take a trip to Norway. You're an absolute doll. Thank you for this vid. So cute when you keep asking "...but how does that help me snow shoeing?"
Fascinating stuff. Hopefully I won't get lost on my next trekk. Very useful though, as you can find yourself having to navigate in bad weather or fog. It isn't always sunny.
Kevin is a good instructor. In respect to grid references, in the Canadian Army back in the day we used to call it 'in the door, and up the stairs' instead of down to corridor. Nice array of Silva compasses too. I still have my Silva Ranger. One thing I didn't know was the bit about contour lines crossing a river and the contour pointing up stream. You should make some pace counting beads -or Ranger beads, as a project and use them in your next map and compass video. :)
Hi Emelie.. Great video and great editing as always.. Hopefully see you again in the future.. pleasure as always working with you.. Take care and enjoy the winter!
I live in Washington State ,USA ,we have large areas of heavy timbered mountains. More then once while hunting or fishing I have not believed my compass, but it has always been correct. I have never been lost for more then a day . Just stay calm and use your brain and the map & compass.
One time ago, there was such a thing as orientation clubs, where you or a group, were given a number of coordinates in order to find things, like a campsite or tokens or you were to just arrive back at the same place you started. A very fun way to learn to navigate. Take a five point challenge.
We actually still have that where I live.. we buy the map pack from the gas station then have the whole summer to find and take a pic of each destination.. then you upload it and the kids get a prize .. very family orientated
I really should get my Compass and put it in my outdoor gear bag. I never think to take one with me because my grandfathers insisted I learn to navigate just by the Sun. So, that's how I get around in the forest. I know that one day, navigating in that manner will figuratively bite me, but old habits are very difficult to break, and I've been doing it that way for over 50 years now. Anyway, this was an excellent idea for a video, one which is too often overlooked.
At last you're back! I've been waiting for your videos because I just love them🤗it's really good to see you again. Great video. Thanks for sharing😍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
It was mostly understandable.I know more than I did before. I figured if you have to detour take a bearing , and after a certain distance just alter the bearing in the opposite direction to get back to where you were.
Before you begin the hike that's on Emelie's map going North to the house, you would see on the map that there is a lake in the way. So, instead of plotting a northerly path, plot a NNE step counted path that misses the Eastern tip of the lake and when you get to the East end of the lake, change course to a NNW path.
Somewhere between Chile and New Zealand, the magnetic compass aligns with east and west. The South Pacific! Set up a marker on the shore, walk around the lake until the marker is at the course and 180¤, then carry on.
Hi again Emilie. I was thinking about one thing. I got a pair of pants from Revolutionsrace the other day. They are very nice! However going through the homepage it was a bit hard for me to choose the right model. Since you are cooperating with Revolutionrace would you consider doing a Video with them where they demonstrate the different clothing and highlight the differences? Thanks for the tip, the trousers I got are really nice. Cheers Kim
That reminds me on my militarytime, when i instructed the new guys in map and compass and many other stuff. I remind so much of all that you two explain in the video. Great.
This is one of the most important skills to have in the wilderness. Batteries can die and electronics can fail for whatever reason. Always take a map and compass when traveling the wilderness.
Using a map and compass is one of those things that is actually quite simple but for some reason whenever it is explained, it becomes so complicated. There are so many little things with fancy names and intricate details that are good to know but always complicate everything; even though they are not actually complicated at all. Personally, I reckon it's essential to understand the basics then add on the 'complications' a bit at a time as they begin to make more sense. The Magnetic Declination is especially confusing... add it on, take it off, this way and that way, then don't forget if your compass has a declination adjustment, if so, ... etc. So confusing. I just bear in mind where the True North Pole (or Grid North, another detail) is and where the Magnetic North Pole is, then figure out what I want to do from there.
I have a Suunto, about 4 Bruntons and a few USt's and they all point North all of the time...but! They never point at you! Such a disappointment :) Enjoyed your videos, always :)
Best to remember that your footing changes with terrain. So if you have to roundabout a lake or some other obstacle, it is best to "backshoot" so you will want to mark your backshoot target location with something that is easy to spot from the other side of the lake so when you have GUESSED that you have marched back enough, you can prove it and get a new bearing :)
So cool to see more of your family and to adventure with all of you. We love your channel! You have a beautiful looking country. How do I send something to you from my country?
Thank you for this interesting video! Can you guys give some details about those two bags that Kevin has attached to his shoulder straps? Are they part of the backpack?
Hi One is a standard military radio pouch , the other is a medics radio pouch . The medic pouch has a pocket for a waterproof notebook as well . In my radio pouch i normally have my radio a flashlight and a coloured led light so my team can see me . Also a couple of nightsticks. The medic radio pouch has my gps my compass a SAR folder knife and waterproof notepad and pen . You can also get a radio chest rig if you dont have a molle compatible rucksack.. or make your own attachments .. hope this helps
Never used a compass . Even in New Guinea I could navigate myself through the scrub. I look at a map before I go and that is all I need to do. I must just have a built in compass. I could amaze people with my homing pigeon ability. North is always the top of a map.
While i think this was a very good video, i still would not recommend somebody who's only eperience is to have watched this video to take a map and compass and head out alone into unknown areas. Maybe starting to practice in a known area to be able to check what one is doing. I have a question, and a few things to add: -I learned (ages ago) that all topographical maps (hiking, military...) on the northern hemisphere have north on the top and south at the bottom, so is it just a scandinavian thing to not have that, or is it this way in areas near the poles? (in your example it was slightly canted) -the declination, i think for hiking it is relatively insigificantly, because it will only effect you if you are travelling long distances only by bearing without any reference points you can see with your eyes and find on the map to check your position. -The angle messurement of the compass: this can be used to determine the danger of avelanches. If the angle of an area you want to cross is less than 30° there is not that much danger of causing an avelanche by moving in this area. (If one is caused above you in a steeper part it still can get you...). If it is steeper you have to know the "Lawinenwarnstufe" (didn't find any english translation, basically meteorologists and mountaineers rate the danger of avellanches in certain areas) and be able to read the snow in order to judge if it is safe to move there. -Grid reference, very good explanation, but if you give your position to the rescue team, you either have to tell them what map you are using or they will ask, so they can use the numbers you have given to them. (or just the name of the Grid, which is usually mentioned on the map) useless anketode: During basic infantery training (we have conscription) we did lots of compass-map navigation, and at one occasion we had to "surrender" our map and were given a bearing and a distance, where to find the next instructor who would give us a new map. The distance was 3-4km (if i remember correctly) and of course we couldn't go in a straight line, we did basically the same as Kevin described, but we didn't measure out our step length, just counting and using 90° angles. (It helps if there are 8-10 skilled people becasue you can average out the errors) The instructor was pretty impressed that we found him so fast. (two groups who started 15 minutes and 30 minutes before us hadn't reached him yet...)
Very good info! I hope it gets some folks interested. Is it easy for you to communicate while in Norway? Language, I mean. Oh, and don't have any magnets near your compass!
Try to avoid putting your compass through a wash-spin cycle in your washing machine as I did after my hike on Saturday! Thank you both for this interesting video. I hadn't seen 'boxing around obstacles' explained on video until now, although I had read about its use. We are fortunate in Scotland to have a lot of mountains to navigate by. But of course if you get caught in fog then what? You might as well be in a dense forest and then counting paces and boxing could be essential. I am considering making a RUclips of what not to do with your compass: mine is at present in three separate pieces awaiting me reassembling it! :-)
Well im not sure theres so much need for intersection in the happy hiking world .. but resection can be useful and terrain association is a very good thing to know.. To many ppl rely on phone apps these days..
Haha no, I don't think anyone needs to "call for fire" in the "happy hiking world", but intersection can be a useful tool if one has to go from point A to point B, and wants to know the precise grid location of point C. I suppose this would be helpful mostly to calculate distances to observable objects or areas, not easily visible on your map, i.e. an area in an open valley or a hill in a congested ridgeline. Thanks for the response Kevin and thank you for the content Emelie.
love hearing from Norway, being third generation miss that accent. Thank you, winter and summer maps, what is wrong with us in the USA, brought up using the imperial system which I despise, the metric system is much easier to understand Ted
That was very helpful especially with the pace count. I didn’t know anything about that. So thank you. God bless you and have a merry Christmas.
Very good idea for a video, Emelie. Thanks for keeping this on an entry level. Every time Kevin started losing me, you brought him back to my "dummy" level. Not being a wilderness explorer type, I might be alone here in never having learned about a compass or the intricate details of maps. It was really good to see you in another video and I hope you'll thank Kevin for us for sharing more of his knowledge and experience with us.
Thank you!! Yes I kept on asking him all the time 😂 Guess it's the teacher in me, or as we say in Swedish "there's no such thing as a stupid question - only a stupid answer" 😊 Kevin is a great mentor!
Sorry CrankyPants.. yes its good Emelie reigns me in with questions.. I can go on a bit and deeper than I actually should .
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Thank you, BOTH for this video!
I will be showing this (and Emily's other videos) to my Friend, who is just getting started in bushcraft.
I have the same problem, that Kevin mentioned, when explaining land navigation to her. I get too technical/sidetracked, and her eyes start to glaze. LOL
BTW: Just subscribed to ArcticWolf! Thanks Emelie!
Nice explanations.
Thank you Kevin for covering the basics.
Emelie the questions you asked are very good. Kevin added additional useful information.
I never thought about having two different maps for winter and summer.
There is a lot to take in about land navigation, map reading, compass usage.
No beginner course can ever cover all of it and most book courses will leave you bewildered until you get out and practice the skills.
For compasses get outside and practice using the compass in your local park where you can see well to pick out and shoot azimuths to objects.
Find a location where you can see 1000 meters.
Shoot an azimuth to an object using a siting compass(the kind with the mirror). Change your azimuth by 1 degree. Look to see the difference in distance between your original point to where the compass is pointed after the change. The difference is pretty significant. Getting a good azimuth is important.
For people who are setting your pace counts. The first time walk a 100 Meters over fairly level ground. Soccer or football field is a good place. Do this three times then average your count. This will give you a base pace count.
Wear your standard gear and do the pace counts again to see how the weight changes your pace and adjust your count.
Check your pace counts on varying types of terrain up and down hills etc,
Be aware of walking drift. Each person will tend to drift either right or left when walking. Usually associated with your primary hand. Right handed people tend to walk to the right although there are special people in the world that are different.
Learn your drift. To help adjust for drift when going cross country when negotiating small obstacles such as trees round them to the opposite side of your drift.
Really appreciate your style of teaching. Twenty five years ago I went through our local Search and Rescue Academy. But haven’t used what I learned in over twenty years. I have watched at least a dozen different videos and I think I like yours the best. I hope that this is just the start of a series. Keep up the great great work.
Nice video. You said it was going to be very basic, but it's actually the most comprehensive one I've seen on RUclips so far ha ha. Thanks!
This was by far the best basic navigation video I've seen. Taken classes, but love how it's show as you hike. Thank you so much. This is in my saved so I can refer to it again.
Oh, thank you so much ❤ I'm so glad to hear that!!
Thanks so much Emelie for this basic navigation video. It really helped me to understand a couple of things that other navigating videos had not made clear or made more complicated than they needed to be.
Hi Emilie and Kevin☺ thanks for the video, very instructive, and easy to understand, the countryside that you walked through was very beautiful, and what a great picnic spot at the end. Cheers guys, stay safe, best wishe's to all, Stuart uk.
Cheers Stuart
Very good demo on map and compass skills , i like the basic skill set and enjoy to this day going for a hike with my compass and topo map..To explore an area where i have not hiked through before, it's fun and i learn something every time i go out into the wild.. i'm 76 now and have been doing this all my life .. I have almost always had outdoor jobs for different companies .. With tech helping us since 1995 with the aid of GPS handheld units to navigate , they have come a long way in high tech , i have used one since they were put on the market .. Now i have 26 years of skills with the aid of GPS to give me additional data ... You did well i enjoyed your video ..
Of course, it's easier with a GPS, it will always point to the same point no matter how much you go aside, but when it's out of power, landcards and compasses are always good to bring along, especially if you can figure it out, it was a rehearsal from when I was a soldier, you never forget that.
That was a nice explanation you two bandits came up with. Thank you very much for that.
Thank You Emelie for sharing this, I needed a refresher course, Thank You Kevin for helping out! Good seeing you again too Emelie!
Glad I could help Emelie out.. Being as she's the geography teacher her knowledge of navigation is strong.. I was just there for the technical English
I really enjoy Land Navigation. Funny my location on a map using a compass is something that, when you can do it easily, makes a huge difference in the morale of the people you're with. Also it's kind of cool!
Emelie is so so caring and loving person. Feeling lucky to ur subscriber. . As a family member
@@carlys8439 haha yes
Very well done. This brought back memories of when I learned this in the Army.
Emelie, thanks for this info! I had forgotten all about compass declination. You reminded me here!
Great video with easy to understand directions and beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing and I hope all is well with you and your family. Looking forward to the next one!
Very clearly explained with excellent context! :-)
Essential knowledge for just about anyone heading out into Nature, Emelie. Reading and navigating by use of a map and compass in the age of hand-held GPS is something of a lost art - an invaluable lost art. Contour maps and aeronautical charts, especially VFR charts, are loaded with compass-friendly information useful for navigating on the ground as well as in the air. There was once (and may still be) something called "orienteering" that Boy Scouts learned back in the day, which was all about overland navigation using a map, compass, and a dash of what pilots call "dead reckoning." Props to you for taking this subject on. Stay safe out there. Cheers.
That direction this gentleman showed you on how to get around the lake is what a Marine taught me on reading the map. I have a compass in my backpack which is my primary one and also a secondary one which is my backup unit when in the forest. I do need to get a map of the area which I can use to help when in the forest so I can depend on it also though.
Great vlog .very helpful
Fantastic video Emillie. Very easy to use the compass and maps. Regards from Ecuador.
Thanks so much, this is one of the best videos on map and compass land navigation. You explained going around obstacles very well!👍
Video reminded me of my days in the military navigating through the woods. 👍🌳🌳🌳🌳
Very useful Emelie ! However, if I’m going hiking in Sweden I plan on letting YOU navigate and I will bring the tea ! 🤗
Haha that sounds great :)
The video was well thought& planned, thus making it easy to follow. Great content, beautiful nature you've got there. Thanks, Emilie & Kevin!
Great video. Cheers to both awesome job👍🤠
Thank you so much 😊❤
Well, i just realized i need to brush up on my navigation skills, and learn how to use maps and compasses. I also need to take a trip to Norway. You're an absolute doll. Thank you for this vid. So cute when you keep asking "...but how does that help me snow shoeing?"
A great video! Good information, and beautiful scenery. Thank you Emelie and Kevin.
Another great video ... it helped to remind me about how many things I had forgotten about navigation and using a compass
A very good video. The video explains how to use your compass. As well as nice people who explaining. Also very nice nature.
Thank you Emelie :)
Fascinating stuff. Hopefully I won't get lost on my next trekk. Very useful though, as you can find yourself having to navigate in bad weather or fog. It isn't always sunny.
Thank you for yet another nice video. You two make a good team when explaining stuff.
Excellent video. Full of good information. I especially enjoyed the explanation of the various compasses.
Kevin is a good instructor. In respect to grid references, in the Canadian Army back in the day we used to call it 'in the door, and up the stairs' instead of down to corridor. Nice array of Silva compasses too. I still have my Silva Ranger. One thing I didn't know was the bit about contour lines crossing a river and the contour pointing up stream. You should make some pace counting beads -or Ranger beads, as a project and use them in your next map and compass video. :)
Great job! Thanks to the both of you! Chow!
Very Good , you & Kevin work good together keep up the great work !
Very good video. Thanks for sharing
Hi Emelie.. Great video and great editing as always.. Hopefully see you again in the future.. pleasure as always working with you.. Take care and enjoy the winter!
Thank you Kevin!! You know I'll be back ❤
Your always welcome
Hi Emelie. Thanks for the video. Norway looks awesome. So much forest. Beautiful.
I live in Washington State ,USA ,we have large areas of heavy timbered mountains. More then once while hunting or fishing I have not believed my compass, but it has always been correct. I have never been lost for more then a day . Just stay calm and use your brain and the map & compass.
Thank you Emelie and Kevin. Great video again and so informative.😊👍
That was really helpful, thankyou so much
Thanks Emelie, I think you are absolutely charming. This was very informative (as befits a teacher)
I love the way you talk. Sooooooo is said a lot in your videos. Very entertaining, greatnesses. 😊👍
Hey Emelie: Great video.You & Kevin sure made this task much easier to comprehend. Lots of good ideas.Thanks Brian 78
One time ago, there was such a thing as orientation clubs, where you or a group, were given a number of coordinates in order to find things, like a campsite or tokens or you were to just arrive back at the same place you started. A very fun way to learn to navigate. Take a five point challenge.
We actually still have that where I live.. we buy the map pack from the gas station then have the whole summer to find and take a pic of each destination.. then you upload it and the kids get a prize .. very family orientated
I really should get my Compass and put it in my outdoor gear bag. I never think to take one with me because my grandfathers insisted I learn to navigate just by the Sun. So, that's how I get around in the forest. I know that one day, navigating in that manner will figuratively bite me, but old habits are very difficult to break, and I've been doing it that way for over 50 years now.
Anyway, this was an excellent idea for a video, one which is too often overlooked.
Fun to watch & some beautiful country. I didn't know how much Oslo is surrounded by forest. Would love to live somewhere like that!
Cool...great tips, thanks.
Awesome video thanks for sharing this with us 👍🌲
Thanks, Kevin!
At last you're back! I've been waiting for your videos because I just love them🤗it's really good to see you again. Great video. Thanks for sharing😍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Thank you for watching 😊😊😊
Great video Emelie, I need to get better with map & compass. Where I live here in the US magnetic declination is almost 16° west.
Excellent Video. Thank you, Emelie!
It's so good to see another of your videos, I just love watching you do your thing 👍😎😀
Loved seeing you again Emelie ... you need to do more videos 😀😀
That was very good, every kid should learn to navigate without connectivity.
It was mostly understandable.I know more than I did before. I figured if you have to detour take a bearing , and after a certain distance just alter the bearing in the opposite direction to get back to where you were.
Excellent video Emelie. Keep making those fabulous videos 👍
Thank god .. emelie finaly u made this
Cool vid. Informative. Thanks
Great basic map course Emelie. Ha en amazing Sunday evening, Andreas from Off Grid Sweden 🇸🇪
Same to you Andreas!!
Swedish OMG no wonder I was wondering about the accent, I still love it Thank you very much. Ted
Emily, you can turn the summer map over and use the back for navigating in snow. 😁
Really informative video 👍
Nice video again Emelie and I'm glad you didn't make any mistakes... you made it back home! :))
Thank you Erwin!! ❤
Before you begin the hike that's on Emelie's map going North to the house, you would see on the map that there is a lake in the way. So, instead of plotting a northerly path, plot a NNE step counted path that misses the Eastern tip of the lake and when you get to the East end of the lake, change course to a NNW path.
great advice and training
Somewhere between Chile and New Zealand, the magnetic compass aligns with east and west. The South Pacific!
Set up a marker on the shore, walk around the lake until the marker is at the course and 180¤, then carry on.
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Hurra! Karta och kompass är fantastiskt!!!
Haha, japp!! Fina grejer!
That reminds me on my militarytime, when i instructed the new guys in map and compass and many other stuff. I remind so much of all that you two explain in the video. Great.
Interesting introduction!
Very pretty scenery ! Do you trip often while filming ? Learned a little bit , Thank you for schooling us .
Great video on map reading too many people rely on GPS and when there batteries go flat they just get lost
I am knew to your channel but liking it ..
Very, very interesting!! it is 31 minutes video, but it has been very short to me! :-)
This is one of the most important skills to have in the wilderness.
Batteries can die and electronics can fail for whatever reason. Always take a map and compass when traveling the wilderness.
Using a map and compass is one of those things that is actually quite simple but for some reason whenever it is explained, it becomes so complicated. There are so many little things with fancy names and intricate details that are good to know but always complicate everything; even though they are not actually complicated at all.
Personally, I reckon it's essential to understand the basics then add on the 'complications' a bit at a time as they begin to make more sense.
The Magnetic Declination is especially confusing... add it on, take it off, this way and that way, then don't forget if your compass has a declination adjustment, if so, ... etc. So confusing. I just bear in mind where the True North Pole (or Grid North, another detail) is and where the Magnetic North Pole is, then figure out what I want to do from there.
I agree. Compass use, to invert the well-known saying, is "easier done than said"! :-)
I have a Suunto, about 4 Bruntons and a few USt's and they all point North all of the time...but! They never point at you! Such a disappointment :) Enjoyed your videos, always :)
Best to remember that your footing changes with terrain. So if you have to roundabout a lake or some other obstacle, it is best to "backshoot" so you will want to mark your backshoot target location with something that is easy to spot from the other side of the lake so when you have GUESSED that you have marched back enough, you can prove it and get a new bearing :)
Great Video.D you use grid references?
personally no. Gps is the norm . But as a back up a compass knowledge is a very important tool to have ..
Nice one Emilie. Can we have more
So cool to see more of your family and to adventure with all of you. We love your channel! You have a beautiful looking country. How do I send something to you from my country?
Thank you for this interesting video! Can you guys give some details about those two bags that Kevin has attached to his shoulder straps? Are they part of the backpack?
Hi One is a standard military radio pouch , the other is a medics radio pouch . The medic pouch has a pocket for a waterproof notebook as well . In my radio pouch i normally have my radio a flashlight and a coloured led light so my team can see me . Also a couple of nightsticks. The medic radio pouch has my gps my compass a SAR folder knife and waterproof notepad and pen . You can also get a radio chest rig if you dont have a molle compatible rucksack.. or make your own attachments .. hope this helps
Oh thank you very much Kevin for that very helpful answer! Much appreciated!
Never used a compass . Even in New Guinea I could navigate myself through the scrub. I look at a map before I go and that is all I need to do. I must just have a built in compass. I could amaze people with my homing pigeon ability. North is always the top of a map.
Emelie great video ...loved it ! More plans this winter ?
Thanks for the tips
While i think this was a very good video, i still would not recommend somebody who's only eperience is to have watched this video to take a map and compass and head out alone into unknown areas. Maybe starting to practice in a known area to be able to check what one is doing.
I have a question, and a few things to add:
-I learned (ages ago) that all topographical maps (hiking, military...) on the northern hemisphere have north on the top and south at the bottom, so is it just a scandinavian thing to not have that, or is it this way in areas near the poles? (in your example it was slightly canted)
-the declination, i think for hiking it is relatively insigificantly, because it will only effect you if you are travelling long distances only by bearing without any reference points you can see with your eyes and find on the map to check your position.
-The angle messurement of the compass: this can be used to determine the danger of avelanches. If the angle of an area you want to cross is less than 30° there is not that much danger of causing an avelanche by moving in this area. (If one is caused above you in a steeper part it still can get you...). If it is steeper you have to know the "Lawinenwarnstufe" (didn't find any english translation, basically meteorologists and mountaineers rate the danger of avellanches in certain areas) and be able to read the snow in order to judge if it is safe to move there.
-Grid reference, very good explanation, but if you give your position to the rescue team, you either have to tell them what map you are using or they will ask, so they can use the numbers you have given to them. (or just the name of the Grid, which is usually mentioned on the map)
useless anketode: During basic infantery training (we have conscription) we did lots of compass-map navigation, and at one occasion we had to "surrender" our map and were given a bearing and a distance, where to find the next instructor who would give us a new map. The distance was 3-4km (if i remember correctly) and of course we couldn't go in a straight line, we did basically the same as Kevin described, but we didn't measure out our step length, just counting and using 90° angles. (It helps if there are 8-10 skilled people becasue you can average out the errors) The instructor was pretty impressed that we found him so fast. (two groups who started 15 minutes and 30 minutes before us hadn't reached him yet...)
I understood , thank you .
Very good info! I hope it gets some folks interested. Is it easy for you to communicate while in Norway? Language, I mean. Oh, and don't have any magnets near your compass!
I always speak English with Kevin but sometimes I use Swedish since it's very similar to Norwegian :)
@@survivalbushcraftwithemelie Normally when she breaks knives.. 🙊🙈
Your English is pretty good:)
Does the map need to be aligned to North if one is using a protractor or a baseplate compass?
Great info....
Try to avoid putting your compass through a wash-spin cycle in your washing machine as I did after my hike on Saturday!
Thank you both for this interesting video.
I hadn't seen 'boxing around obstacles' explained on video until now, although I had read about its use. We are fortunate in Scotland to have a lot of mountains to navigate by. But of course if you get caught in fog then what? You might as well be in a dense forest and then counting paces and boxing could be essential.
I am considering making a RUclips of what not to do with your compass: mine is at present in three separate pieces awaiting me reassembling it! :-)
On the bright side .. its a very clean compass
@@arcticwolfoutdooradventure5426 Yes all the component parts are squeaky clean!
Hahahaha thank you for making me smile 😂😂❤
I enjoyed this video, as always, but the audio quality was weak on several occasions. Thanks!
Hola! Bonito lugar 😘🙂🙂
great video
Should ask Kevin to give us a class on intersection and resection; and utilising terrain association to find one's position.
Well im not sure theres so much need for intersection in the happy hiking world .. but resection can be useful and terrain association is a very good thing to know.. To many ppl rely on phone apps these days..
Haha no, I don't think anyone needs to "call for fire" in the "happy hiking world", but intersection can be a useful tool if one has to go from point A to point B, and wants to know the precise grid location of point C. I suppose this would be helpful mostly to calculate distances to observable objects or areas, not easily visible on your map, i.e. an area in an open valley or a hill in a congested ridgeline. Thanks for the response Kevin and thank you for the content Emelie.
love hearing from Norway, being third generation miss that accent. Thank you, winter and summer maps, what is wrong with us in the USA, brought up using the imperial system which I despise, the metric system is much easier to understand Ted