THIS is how to use a compass: (very) simplified

Wow, I have never been able to understand the compass. So many people have tried to show me but I've never understood . I couldn't sleep last night so I came down stairs I put YouTube on to learn something and I stumbled on your video explaining what's on a compass. Then I watched your next video how to read a compass, when I woke up this morning. I am so inspired by you and I'm so grateful, thank you so much. I have sent your videos to my friends this morning to teach their children.

As old Army map reading instructor it was nice to review and go over old lessons again....Great presentation

I'm 64. About time I learned this. Thank you 🙏

I'll have to watch that again twice to get it really clear in my head. It's a very clear but information rich video. Thanks

Great tutorial. Even though I am very proficient in this skill (24 yr career as a reconnaissance scout in the Army), I was curious how you instructed the subject so I watched it all the way through. Clear and concise intro to some of the basic skills of using a map & compass. While hikers/backpackers are always told they need to have a paper map and compass, most don’t and if they did, very few have a clue how to use them. I commend the poster for efforts to educate. Hopefully people first learn to: 1) read a topographical map - understand and envision the contour and elevation of the terrain depicted on the map 2) orient the map to the ground 3) identify where you and your destination are on the map 4) select a route and navigate using terrain association (following a straight azimuth is rarely the preferred way to get somewhere in the wilderness) If you can’t do the above, you should not venture off trail and probably only limit yourself to well marked day hikes. These can provide good opportunities to practice map reading and navigation skills but with mitigated risk of becoming lost.

It is imperative to note where you are. So that you can use the compass to get back to where you were. I learned that in the Boy Scouts. Where you want to go secondary.

I learned all this in the Cub Scouts and got a proficiency badge...over 50 years ago! I had forgotten so much of the fine detail of using a compass not having used it since. Thank you so much.

Hey there bud, just came across your channel, excellent content very clear and straight to the point, and from someone I would assume knows this very well :)

This was a useful refresher. I tend to rely on my phone's GPS (usually not relying on signal for the map, as I'd have that downloaded already, but the GPS only requires a view of the sky), and when ultralight camping I ditch both the paper map and compass. If I was going anywhere where getting lost put me at serious risk, though, it would be wise to have the backup in case the phone dies.

Nice one 👍🏻 you explained this so well , it's so easy to listen to your instructions very well demonstrated

A very nice and clear lecture on compass, now I get to know how it works, thank you! ❤

Best educational video ever! Thank you for posting this video.

Nicely done. Wish this video or content like this was available 30 years ago before I joined the Corps. Would have made learning Land Nav much less stressful than the instructors were making it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

very nicely put together. clear and informative. thank you.

I love these videos, really interesting. I have to say that this guy looks incredibly like Scott Tracy from Thunderbirds.

Fantastically clear and concise explanation, thank you!!!

I was taught to take two bearings before starting out. This way you always have a positive find and helps with triangulation which also helps with drift when walking on an azimuth direction you just showed that or illustrated this technique. It’s like a forgotten tutorial. Nobody shows that. And people get lost all the time. They don’t know triangulations techniques and still can’t find themselves on a map or position. I was taught in Boy Scouts, explorers club(US Army reserves cadet club) an extension of Eagle Scouts, JROTC, USMC to take two bearings when sighting a azimuth. SEMPER FI

Thanks for the deets! It was very educational and exciting to gather new knowledge and wisdom. Cheers to more blissful moments!

Astonishing great explanation.Thank you

This is FANTASTIC! Thank you!