Intro to Orienteering
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- This clip is from the video vault in my Keep the Blaze Alive Coaching Squad (aka “The Squad”). The Squad has three levels of membership, and we meet weekly online with a 2-hour livestream where I answer questions and tell stories, and the Tier 1 members get two monthly two-hour Zoom calls where we talk face-to-face. I also host two 3-day events per year for my Tier 1 members. Learn more about The Squad at / coachingsquad
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I would definitely like to get into more detail with your presentations. When I went through basic training it was a basic familiarization. I’d like to have a better working knowledge and one of these days I plan to take a class.
I joined a group and we were taught how to do land nav. Should you volunteer for search and rescue they will need people who know how to use a map.
Taught to get lost in a straight line...
You can literally buy books about this shit. Boy Scouts used to teach this.
Amazing class, even in the brief time you delivered it. Land nav was my favorite part of the infantry- walkin' through the woods! It is difficult to master. I would love to see you take some time while on your camping adventures to show real examples of route planning, use of compass, use of protractor, and what most everybody forgets: checking the map scale first!!! Thanks Pat, you're awesome!!
Every time I visit this channel, I end up going and buying something:-) Thanks for the education PM. God bless you and yours.
it is 4 am where i am, and I love watching this....
Pat Mac is the professor we all need but don’t deserve.
Thanks for the video. I did orienteering on a regular basis in gym class as a kid growing up in Sweden back in the late 70's and early 80's. There was also a regular weekend orienteering competition open for all to join in the little town that I grew up in. It was a great way to enjoy nature.
So watching your video brought back many good old memories 😊
Thanks
The way you put it into layman's terms makes it very easy to understand in a very short time. Please make a series/ follow up vids. Thank you
I like this video. Im fifty four, Im an old Eagle Scout and at one time decades ago I was really good at orienteering and land navigation. Used to do a lot of land nav in the Uwharrie mountains of NC. Additionally, I have a Bachelor's degree in Geography from 1994. Took classes in cartography and a lot of physical geography, climatology. Not tooting my own horn but at one time I could have smoked most Army infantry guys and infantry Marines on the subjects of land nav and orienteering. Watching your video makes me want to get back into that stuff.
Terrain association and looser orienteering is a thoroughly neglected topic-- thank you for dropping the knowledge, more is always appreciated.
Great info Pat, and as usual everything is on point! One of the most useful things I learned in the Boy Scouts growing up was how to do my paces for 100 ft, how to read a contour map, using visual landmarks, reading a compass, accounting for declination etc. How to find direction when it's a cloudy day, using moss on trees. Most people have no clue about any of this.
I learned in the Boy Scouts as well- unfortunately I have forgotten some things.
Definitely more of these Pat, such a great skill to learn and always good to gain knowledge on how to cross arduous terrain, map reading and plotting courses for maximum efficiency. Ace brother
I’m at home in the woods and on the water. Get me near a city and my palms get sweaty. Love the content Mac!
Excellent info! A few years back another RUclipsr, 'Corporals Corner' had a couple videos on land nav and using a compass in the woods and the counting beads, it was very informative, stuff I never knew (I'm a city boy). He was a US Marine so he knew the charts and all too. It's not very difficult once you know what to do, but I'm sure there are many of us in the modern-day have no clue. LOL. Always enjoy your videos, Pat!
@Glizzy6d Exactly. I stopped following Corporal recently because of his whining and complaining about RUclips analytics and not making enough money
@@tendraftsdeep Maybe give him another shot, he's backed off the whining! LOL
Excellence. Give us the full spin up P Mac and crew. Get some, in the right direction.
Your the man Pat !
I have never been in the military.
And I salute everyone that has.
But I believe our military was at its best when you was in listed..
Your knowledge of the system is very impressive
Thanks Mac, real skills for real world survival. Land Nav is an art all itself .
Top Shelf Knowledge! Time to get out and EXPLORE😎
Great information Mac
Thank you. I’ve had an itch to dig into these topics to improve my outdoor skills. This was a great primer. Much appreciated!
I always enjoyed orienteering and land nav but what Mac said about geo-referencing the spur puts things in a new perspective. Good nuggets of info.
Please do more of this! My family and I have a plot of land and was thinking about trying to learn orienteering as I figured it would be helpful
Interesting. Good information. Haven't used these methods since the 90s
when I and 3 or 4 friends back packed in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming
and Colorado. Six-day trips. Great presentation. Thanks .
Brings me back. Would definitely like to see more videos on the topic.
Great video brother, keep walking with our KING!
Informative to hear him differentiate between land nav and orienteering.
Thanks for a great video. I am a map & nav nut, this was an excellent presentation. I am game for more nav vids. I always learn something (usually a lot) from your videos and I really appreciate your efforts. Thank you for sharing your knowledge & skill in a very practical & applicable manner.
Use this skill all the time riding and especially when making and blazing new trail in the PNW.
Army proof I like it. It's been so long since I've done any land nav this is a good refresher. Keep up the the good work.
I love your content and would love to see more on this topic. Thank you Sir.
Thanks for the time and the video+editing! Clear pricise and to the point. Great balance. Appreciate the upload, helped me understand some fundamental basics that my 8th grade teacher in the 1990's never managed to explain in an understandable way, haha.✔👌🤘
I learned some of this in Boy Scouts long ago. Pat Mac would be an awesome Scoutmaster!
Awesome clear instructions !From a true HERO !
🌟PatMac...glad you are such a good dude. You just get at it.
love sharing your vids.🎩
Orienteering is awesome look for clubs in your area. We do the same route planning to train for national events. You nailed the terms And key details🤘🏼.
Pat, great video, would definitely like to see more orienteering videos. As you highlighted, orienteering is a perishable skill and I it is one skill that I believe is not easily mastered.
Thank you for your knowledge, and I wouldn't mind more on the topic. Thank you.
Getting after it - making a difference. Good job Pat.
I’d like to hear a lot more on this subject, thanks Pat!
Thanks for another handy video. I check out (pretty well) all your content, but an educational series about orienteering would definitely be must see tv.
Thanks again! Best,
Bob
Please do more of these videos. Love them
thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us!!! i would like to see more content on this subject!!
Awesome brush stroke of knowledge right there! Thank you
This was awesome! Hard to believe you packed all that info in 9 min and 49 seconds.
More of this please. Awesome stuff!!
I’ve seen a lot of these but this one really HIT. Thanks!
You do a great job of teaching sir! thanks much!
I love the "Time Hack" stuff. That was new to me.
Fuck yeah!!!
I was a mortar maggot for 10 years active. Being able to know what those contour lines represent in gradient and elevation are key when you're planning movement and plotting rounds. If you don't take into account the elevation difference between your firing position and the target it can be real bad for your guys.
One thing I have learned in my time in the military (32 years) is that special forces guys are incredible teachers, they have a way of explaining things down to a level that is easily grasped in chunks big enough to take in without overwhelming ya. Thanks Mac!
More! Well done.
Map reading, I was told all about this whilst in the Scout. I didn't pay ANY ATTENTION.... young?dumb & and full of the wrong sort of enthusiasm. Great video thank you.
Some great info here on differences in orienteering and land nav. I learned orienteering with the topo map/compass and bag over head. Setting up the map with declination lines drawn all the way up/down on 1 or 2" intervals was a big help.
I grew up in SE Maine and as a Boy Scout, we focused on wilderness survival. Can't tell you how many times we got asked to help find lost (unguided MA urbanites) hunters. More often than not, they had a crude, hand-drawn map of where they were going, that's it. No topo, no compass. They'd take a shot, wound an animal and go tracking without a map or compass. 🙄
On your land nav route/tactic, I would have started by going up the hill 1st when you're fresh, then traversed the side. Make a brief stop in the saddle to re-shoot and find next waypoint. I like your use of terrain at the end to hit the hill summit. Low on 3 sides leaves you only 1 way to go to get to destination.
Wholeheartedly agree, though. Map & compass work is a dying skillset with too many folks relying on GPS. The batteries in my Silva never go dead 😉
Great instruction, Pat, thanks for posting class.
Great presentation. I would like to see more. I compete in an event called Sniper Adventure Challenge, and this is the most compressed version of what people need to know.
😀 Good job on a BIG subject, my friend. 👊
Very much liked this. Please do more thank you
Outstanding block of instruction; not enough can EVER be said about orienteering with a map and compass. batteries run out, the sun get spots, crap happens- people need to know how to PACE Plan their navigation needs.
Thanks for the info Pat. I’ve always been interested in land navigation and orienteering so i found this insightful. I’d be interested in seeing more detailed videos on the subject. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for making this so accessible!
Yes, I have been re-learning this information lately and would be grateful to see much more information on this. I am able to now plot gps coords on my topo-map, but am still not using just the map by itself. I want to get there with the GPS as a backup.
Great stuff. Even when everyone else hated Land Nav and tried to get out of it I always thought it was interesting and I miss it from my days in the Army. I'd like to take a class to relearn it. Please keep it up in the future👍👍
Excellent presentation, please continue on with it
Fortunate and grateful that my father loved the outdoors and taught me some of these principles as a kid. Thanks for the video, brings back great memories.
Bro!
Do more! This is awesome. I feel like you could do a whole class on this and in multiple layers.
Thanks, Pat!
Amazing stuff!! 🙌🤘
Pat, good to have a refresher course on Land Nav !!!
Great Stuff, another one of those important skills that we are losing to technology and modern “devolution”.
Would love to see a practical video of you doing this. I realise that's probably going to take too much time but it would be great to see you navigate from A to B using these basics.
Maybe have someone else set the destination on the map.
Great idea!
Awesome! I would like to dive more into this topic.
More please. Great summary, thx.
Yes sir! More please... Great stuff!
Great vid Pat. I would like to see more of this stuff.
Pls make some more videos like this! Great job! 💪🏽💪🏽🔥
Love the classroom videos
Not joking here, I never realised there was a standardised way maps are folded. I've always kept re-folding it any old way till it rips.
10 years of learning orienteering with Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and Pat's taught me more in about 10 seconds.
Yas. More land nav content please. Helps with my deer hunting
Great stuff Mac, would love to see more.
Definitely Good to understand this stuff
Thanks for the video!
Very cool, looking forward to more of these vids. I def need a refresher on all of this.
Awesome block with regards to measuring distance, deadreckoning, and some terrain features. Wld love to see more!
For some reason I can learn more in ten minutes from you, then watching hours of others. Yes I want to know more. Any and everything please and thank you.
Awesome. Thanks for the explanation.
We like this. And we want to get into it a lot more.
Nice video Pat. I was taught map reading and orienteering in high school by a retired Lt. Col Army Ranger. Prime Vietnam era vet too, so he really knew his stuff. Always enjoyed land nav, and went on many field trips doing orienteering courses on the weekends with our class. Great time, underrated life skill, and in my mind 100% basic dude stuff. Thanks for the content, and would enjoy a more in depth video on your experiences and expertise in map reading. Thanks again, and keep up the good work with the great content.
P.S. - this is a potentially life saving skills folks, no different than basic first aid. It’s a joy to learn too, so LEARN IT! It could save your life.
Loved it! Great info. Please elaborate....also use of compass. General beginners navigation.
Great info and intro keep them coming 👍
Awesome info. Rock n roll out some more of these for sure!
Always found maps beautiful can learn so much from them.
Well presented! Thnk you.
Awesome job explaining the fundamentals of Orienteering and Land Nav! First time learning this topic and made total sense!
More please good sir.
👍 Thanks for the free lesson !
Great information! Respect!
Hooagh SMG, Outstanding!
Definitely would like more information on this topic 👍🏼
Fantastic Sir!!
Thanks for this! Map and compass is DEFINITELY a lost art. People rely on GPS too much and can neither read a map like you explained, nor use a compass. This was a great introduction to the topic. I'd suggest as a follow up the basics of taking a grid reference on a map (4, 6, 8 figure) then shooting a bearing. It's easy to overwhelm a new person on this topic, you did a great job at breaking it down in simple terms. All the best from Nova Scotia!
Absolutely! This is a very useful skill, whether GPS works or not. Plotting routes and using terrain features is easy to overwhelm ne students. Keep it simple, and take 1 bite at a time!
Good stuff