Great stuff !! I prospect for gold in the Mohave Desert and this knowledge is gold. As GPS was just getting started one of my companions laughed at my 'old technology' when I took a bearing before hiking to a claim marker (a 4x4 post) a couple of miles away. A little while later he was cursing his new GPS device not having a signal. The compass got us to within 50 feet, without batteries.Since GPS has improved I do use it for convenience now but I always have a backup compass in my pack and still have to use it sometimes. Plus it is very satisfying to use. Thanks for your videos, I find that at 72 yrs old I am still learning. Thanks again👍
Every time I go out now, I try to practice some of the skills that you have been showing us. I dont think I was a bad map reader before but I can relate the map with what is in front of me so much better now. Thank you, and for taking the time to make these videos.
Liked this detail , thanks . We really need to know where we are once we are away from roads and other people . As a young teenager I remember a Duke of Edinburgh team , from my school , getting lost on the Brecon Beacons south of Cribyn . Light rain meant bad vision and then darkness fell . I knew the lads well enough to know they all could map read and use a compass . They had presumed they were exactly where they thought they were and to be fair if they had made an error the chances were that it would have become obvious quite quickly ! But they made a mistake , tired as they were , that was not realized before their vision was reduced drastically by the rain . In the end , having walked about in confusion for ages until darkness fell , they decided to pitch their tents in the best location they could . In the morning they were wet and cold , but they could now see where they were again . I was out and about searching for them already at sun rise !
Un vídeo muy interesante. Estos vídeos con técnicas de orientación aplicadas en escenarios y situaciones concretas son los que más enseñan. Gracias desde España.
As part of the mountain leaders' course, we were dropped off in the middle of the night somewhere in Northumberland and had to micro navigate back to camp before dawn. Great fun!
Out in the Moelwyns at night in a blizzard in winter looking for a casualty, or carrying them off, you can be using micro Nav techniques for sustained periods. As you can be out on the cairngorm plateau in a whiteout.
Anothe quality video and a valuable nugget of wisdom "if your not confident, wait out the night". I've had friends that have failed to heed that praticular nugget and very nearly paid the ultimate price for it. Respect sir, as always.
Brilliant video my good friend. Thanks for sharing. I subscribed to your channel a few weeks ago, as I'm quite new to this. Looking forward to seeing more videos from ya. Have a good mate👍
Arrgh! I miss the Ordnance Survey maps so bad. 1 in 50000 is the best in Canada and they cost a lot. Micro navigation is not possible at that scale. I’m mainly in Canadian forests so no roads, etc to help. My best maps will show three houses, a black square with no detail. The road has ten homes on it. I could go on but UK you have no idea how great your maps are 😢 I’ve not been stuck overnight but last year in our forest, we have 103 acres of forest and ponds with multiple hills and dips that are not contoured, we almost had to with our tiny dog. No sun visible. We were totally lost for twenty minutes with zero gear and it was ten minutes up until dark. I used basics. Partner and dog stood still I walk until they were near disappearing. Marked the direction to go next. Had them join me. Straight lined it knowing I’d hit an atv trail or the big pond. Took the dog months to trust us again. Don’t go into any forest with no gear after drinking wine! However night hikes are a brilliant experience, just pack a lot of gear
No the maps are shite for detail, its best to hike big features like the old days, valleys, rivers and peaks. The forest is all about where you came from or powerlines have big clearings around which are handy. Some people break branches when they are getting anxious to find the start again. The recreation trails they have are Stella though even have sign posts and distance markers in the middle of no where.
You make getting lost sound like a fun activity. Always a super video although I did miss the free history talk on this one. The opening scene, first still landscape photograph looked a hairy place to get down from especially in the dark. Reminiscent of some of the terraces in the Rhinogs/ Trawsfynydd area (Roman Steps) What are those holes referred to in you map ? Sink holes of some kind ? Thanks for the lesson.
@@TheMapReadingCompany Thanks. Just viewed.. What an excellent film you made there. Would definitely discourage night time blundering about in unfamiliar countryside. Your videos are usually so nice. That one was quite unsettling.🏆 👍🏼
Hi, could you please do a video on features on an OS map because as someone new to this that crag just looks like a squiggle to me. Apologies if you have already done this, could you point me to a video if you have already done this. Cheers, keep up the good work.
If you can find a TV programme called Nationwide. It is on Irish TV.. Monday 9th December 2024...I believe you would find it extremely interesting.. History of creating detail maps . How Ireland was one of the first countries in the world to be mapped and how technology changed mapping over the 200 hundred years since.
As I understand it early mapping in the British Isles was done by officers of the Royal Engineers, who were then part of the Board of Ordnance. Hence ‘Ordnance Survey’ in the UK. I’m guessing that they surveyed Ireland too? The sappers still have survey squadrons for map making purposes.
They are declination scales. I have made a video about both compasses and how to use the scales. Это шкалы склонения. Я снял видео о компасах и о том, как пользоваться весами. Sunto: th-cam.com/video/hjjAgPzKfG4/w-d-xo.html Silva: th-cam.com/video/dgvWnskAfxg/w-d-xo.html
@@TheMapReadingCompanyнет, не шкалы склонения. Я не могу описать правильно. Мешает проблема перевода. Эти шкалы расположены на базовой пластине. Рядом с линзой.
@@hissingmani don't know the proper name for it but it helps with the distance measurement on the map, you have to use the one with the same ratio as yor map eg 1:25000 or 1:50000 etc. it is stated next to the scale on the base plate and somewhere on your map too
How or where do you get your maps with such detail ? Most of the maps I find have roads, road names and city names and once you leave the road your pretty much on your own. Great videos I really enjoy watching them.
Definitely. A Geocache is just something that someone has placed (somewhere) so that, with the right clues, someone else can find it. There are clubs which meet regularly and use Geocaching as a hobby - a bit like an old style tressure hunt. Most Geocaching is done with GPS’s but some still use a map and compass and micro navigation.
Great stuff !! I prospect for gold in the Mohave Desert and this knowledge is gold. As GPS was just getting started one of my companions laughed at my 'old technology' when I took a bearing before hiking to a claim marker (a 4x4 post) a couple of miles away. A little while later he was cursing his new GPS device not having a signal. The compass got us to within 50 feet, without batteries.Since GPS has improved I do use it for convenience now but I always have a backup compass in my pack and still have to use it sometimes. Plus it is very satisfying to use.
Thanks for your videos, I find that at 72 yrs old I am still learning. Thanks again👍
Good points. I agree with your advice to sit down until daybreak if you get lost in the dark.
Every time I go out now, I try to practice some of the skills that you have been showing us. I dont think I was a bad map reader before but I can relate the map with what is in front of me so much better now. Thank you, and for taking the time to make these videos.
Liked this detail , thanks . We really need to know where we are once we are away from roads and other people . As a young teenager I remember a Duke of Edinburgh team , from my school , getting lost on the Brecon Beacons south of Cribyn . Light rain meant bad vision and then darkness fell . I knew the lads well enough to know they all could map read and use a compass . They had presumed they were exactly where they thought they were and to be fair if they had made an error the chances were that it would have become obvious quite quickly ! But they made a mistake , tired as they were , that was not realized before their vision was reduced drastically by the rain . In the end , having walked about in confusion for ages until darkness fell , they decided to pitch their tents in the best location they could . In the morning they were wet and cold , but they could now see where they were again . I was out and about searching for them already at sun rise !
Another good video. Clear and concise.
Un vídeo muy interesante. Estos vídeos con técnicas de orientación aplicadas en escenarios y situaciones concretas son los que más enseñan.
Gracias desde España.
Greetings from GREECE . you are amazing. Thanks for the tutorials and tips!🙏
As part of the mountain leaders' course, we were dropped off in the middle of the night somewhere in Northumberland and had to micro navigate back to camp before dawn. Great fun!
That sounds a bit harsh on the MLA
Another great video. Love the way you explain things and your sense of humour.
Navigating to a kink in a contour line really makes you aware of your surroundings and with gps it easy to confirm.
Out in the Moelwyns at night in a blizzard in winter looking for a casualty, or carrying them off, you can be using micro Nav techniques for sustained periods. As you can be out on the cairngorm plateau in a whiteout.
Good point Lee - is that Millstones Edge ?
Anothe quality video and a valuable nugget of wisdom "if your not confident, wait out the night". I've had friends that have failed to heed that praticular nugget and very nearly paid the ultimate price for it. Respect sir, as always.
I'm always impressed of your capabilities to navigate on contour lines. I would see only flat surface....
Try using the other side of the map ?
:)
Brilliant video my good friend. Thanks for sharing. I subscribed to your channel a few weeks ago, as I'm quite new to this. Looking forward to seeing more videos from ya. Have a good mate👍
I thought maps in the US were "busy" , until watching this video. All the best and Thanks.
Arrgh! I miss the Ordnance Survey maps so bad. 1 in 50000 is the best in Canada and they cost a lot. Micro navigation is not possible at that scale. I’m mainly in Canadian forests so no roads, etc to help. My best maps will show three houses, a black square with no detail. The road has ten homes on it. I could go on but UK you have no idea how great your maps are 😢
I’ve not been stuck overnight but last year in our forest, we have 103 acres of forest and ponds with multiple hills and dips that are not contoured, we almost had to with our tiny dog. No sun visible. We were totally lost for twenty minutes with zero gear and it was ten minutes up until dark. I used basics. Partner and dog stood still I walk until they were near disappearing. Marked the direction to go next. Had them join me. Straight lined it knowing I’d hit an atv trail or the big pond. Took the dog months to trust us again. Don’t go into any forest with no gear after drinking wine!
However night hikes are a brilliant experience, just pack a lot of gear
Their must be decent maps though
No the maps are shite for detail, its best to hike big features like the old days, valleys, rivers and peaks. The forest is all about where you came from or powerlines have big clearings around which are handy. Some people break branches when they are getting anxious to find the start again. The recreation trails they have are Stella though even have sign posts and distance markers in the middle of no where.
Another excellent video!
You make getting lost sound like a fun activity. Always a super video although I did miss the free history talk on this one. The opening scene, first still landscape photograph looked a hairy place to get down
from especially in the dark. Reminiscent of some of the terraces in the Rhinogs/ Trawsfynydd area (Roman Steps)
What are those holes referred to in you map ? Sink holes
of some kind ? Thanks for the lesson.
They are shake holes. I made a video about them.
th-cam.com/video/0g2jeP-jZoY/w-d-xo.html
@@TheMapReadingCompany
Thanks. Just viewed.. What an excellent film you made there.
Would definitely discourage night time blundering about in unfamiliar countryside. Your videos are usually so nice. That one was quite unsettling.🏆 👍🏼
Another great video. Thanks!
Hi, could you please do a video on features on an OS map because as someone new to this that crag just looks like a squiggle to me. Apologies if you have already done this, could you point me to a video if you have already done this. Cheers, keep up the good work.
Thank you!
If you can find a TV programme called Nationwide. It is on Irish TV.. Monday 9th December 2024...I believe you would find it extremely interesting.. History of creating detail maps . How Ireland was one of the first countries in the world to be mapped and how technology changed mapping over the 200 hundred years since.
As I understand it early mapping in the British Isles was done by officers of the Royal Engineers, who were then part of the Board of Ordnance. Hence ‘Ordnance Survey’ in the UK. I’m guessing that they surveyed Ireland too?
The sappers still have survey squadrons for map making purposes.
That was Quite Interesting.
Thank you
In all the videos I've watched of yours, I've never seen you use a walking stick, trek pole, whatever. Any reason why not?
Привет! На некоторых компасах, Suunto m3 или silva expedition есть двойная шкала, из двух линий под углом 90'. Для чего они? Как ими пользоваться?
They are declination scales. I have made a video about both compasses and how to use the scales.
Это шкалы склонения. Я снял видео о компасах и о том, как пользоваться весами.
Sunto: th-cam.com/video/hjjAgPzKfG4/w-d-xo.html
Silva: th-cam.com/video/dgvWnskAfxg/w-d-xo.html
@@TheMapReadingCompanyнет, не шкалы склонения. Я не могу описать правильно. Мешает проблема перевода. Эти шкалы расположены на базовой пластине. Рядом с линзой.
@@hissingmani don't know the proper name for it but it helps with the distance measurement on the map, you have to use the one with the same ratio as yor map eg 1:25000 or 1:50000 etc. it is stated next to the scale on the base plate and somewhere on your map too
@@imrepubit’s called a ‘romer’ in English, and your explanation is spot on :)
How or where do you get your maps with such detail ? Most of the maps I find have roads, road names and city names and once you leave the road your pretty much on your own. Great videos I really enjoy watching them.
shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/sale/
The whole UK is mapped to a scale of at least 1:10,000, and in cities, as high as 1:1,250. Walking maps like the one used here are 1:25,000.
what kind of map are you using? Is it a regular topography map ? Thank you.
Yes, it a standard OS 1:25,000
shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/maps/paper-maps/?_bc_fsnf=1&series=OS+Explorer
Are micro-navigators involved in geo-caching?
Definitely. A Geocache is just something that someone has placed (somewhere) so that, with the right clues, someone else can find it. There are clubs which meet regularly and use Geocaching as a hobby - a bit like an old style tressure hunt. Most Geocaching is done with GPS’s but some still use a map and compass and micro navigation.
Tq
Hi is that Malham Tarn ?
Yes
briliant, this means I understood exactly what you were saying , re n/s , e/w contour. thanks very much.@@TheMapReadingCompany
I’m always tripping over contours, the metric ones are thicker and easier to see but those old imperial ones are thin and dangerous
Yep, always embarrassing having to wonder around the car park trying to find the correct path.
I have never heard of micro navigation.
My micro-navigation is finding my way to bed from the living room after a bout of boozing - and no, I’m not trying to be funny.
So funny 😢