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[@cliffspicer6555]

Not a backpacking getting lost story Bryce but one of the things you said made me laugh. I was on a road trip with a buddy and I was driving years ago and he was sleeping in the car. I pulled over to get gas and got back on the highway. After 45 min my buddy wakes up and says, "why is the sun in my eyes?" He knew which direction the sun rises and sets in and immediately knew I was going the wrong direction. I have never forgot that lesson when I hike now and pay attention to where the sun is.

[@scottplumer3668]

I was the hiking and backpacking merit badge counselor in my son's scout troop, and one of the things I always emphasized to my scouts was to study the map ahead of time, and at least get a general idea of where major features are compared to where they'd be hiking. That way, if they do get turned around or off trail (and remembered their compass) they know which direction to go to reach a road or creek or whatever. Guess how many actually did that when we did the "dead scoutmaster" hike? Zero. Kids these days...

[@KirstenBayes]

Good stuff. Good to leave a map of your planned route with a friend, on your fridge and on the dash of your car at the trailhead, with notes on when to expect you and what to do if you don't show. If you use flagging tape, leave some on the car dashboard. It's worth saying when we get lost (everyone does), the first job is getting un-lost. Just stopping is helpful. Think it through, have a snack, breathe, check map and bearings. If you're still lost, set up a mini camp, flag it with something bright, then use a compass to progressively explore wider areas around your base, always coming back to your camp. You will hopefully find a road, a marked trail or maybe a house. If you are still lost, the second job is to get found. Ideally call on the phone for help and stay put at your brightly flagged camp and wait for rescue. Use flagging tape, a whistle or whatever is at hand to direct searchers to you. Most folks are found within 24 hours, make sure you are one of them. ❤️

[@memathews]

Your first to is really important and I learned that this summer on the PCT. I did a 50-mile segment of the PCT with a thru-hiker who swears by the Far Out app, but I live in this area and hike these trails. Unfortunately, I hiked one spot in this segment before a fire in 2017 that changed things drastically. I warned immediately that we were on the wrong trail at the junction and we needed to go further, but the idea of following the same line he followed from Mexico to northern Oregon persuaded me. One mile later we were 1500 feet lower than we started and swearing at the app as we crawled over burnt logs and tumbled down step slopes. Never again!

[@ervinslens]

Fantastic and catchy opening shots as well as thumbnail bud. 👌👌

[@shawnr6117]

Carry something hi-vis that you can hang up near your tent, also maybe a small wind chime if that works for you

[@HikingwithGus]

I can honestly say I have never been lost, a fearsome confused from time to time, but never lost. I always check the satellite layer on Gaia as well.

[@brycewalburn3926]

I had a bear hang experience very similar to yours, except it was completely dark. I had walked in a straight line from my tent to my hang, but got turned around while hanging my food and walked off in the wrong direction. I couldn't see my tent and had no clue how to adjust. Thankfully I had my phone on me so I could figure out how to get back on track. Had my phone not been on me, it might have been a pretty rough night. So I guess the lesson is: always have navigation aids on you, regardless of how small of a detour you need to take from the trail or your camp.

[@trailheadjunkie]

Good point about asking for directions. I too have been given the wrong directions and ended up adding more miles. Great video!

[@gibrigg]

I sometimes stealth camp in the appellations and can identify with your bear bag story. Hanging a bear bag may be one of the most dangerous things I do while backpacking. It sounds crazy, but the closest Ive been to getting lost is while hanging a bear bag after dark. Reflective guy lines can help locate your tent after the hang, but it good to know the azimuth you took so you can do a back azimuth to your tent. BTW, Great videos lately!

[@panhandlejake6200]

I use paper maps for primary navigation to save battery power on GPS - and I like the 'big picture' view that a large map provides. I n general, I do frequently confirm my location on the map -- NO surprises ! I once had an issue with map scale - it was not sufficient and two close trail junctions merged into one on the map so I misread the route. Found out about 2 miles later and had to climb back up about 900 ft. Now I always pull out my GPS to quickly check the route about 200 yards down after a junction. I like to preload my GPS with important waypoints along the route (possible campsites, trail junctions, passes, etc). Can help to estimate distances in addition to aiding direction finding. After being surprised a few times to find that I was moving in a much different direction than I thought, I carry a small compass. It can also help to quickly confirm my location on a map. In general, it is a big help to know how to navigate strictly by map and compass - builds useful understanding for tracking by landmarks, etc. If a trail looks sketchy, definitely question it (could be a game trail for example). Use GPS to confirm the route. I have a Garmin watch and I always mark my camp location (find my car widget) soon after arrival as I am paranoid about losing my way back from finding water, bear bag, latrine etc. If I have to use it, it won't get me back to the exact spot, but close enough that I can quickly locate camp with a simple search pattern. Always keep a light source with you starting at dusk. Navigating around camp can be difficult on dark nights. If hiking with others keep your group together. If someone walks ahead, they MUST wait at any trail junction. Better for all to be lost together than to have to figure out how to locate someone that is off the route.

[@jukkavv]

I like to take lots of photos 🤳 scenes/Maps/signs ... So I can check later which way I should go. I like navigation because its good exercise for brain 😊

[@jamieschardt9127]

I know a lot about getting lost. :) Two things help: #1 when the woods that are dense, eat some humble pie and just use a compass no matter what. I've done the walk 50 feet through dense scrub on an gray overcast day... and then being amazed that I'm already 45 degrees off course --- in just 50 feet. So easy to get really lost (or separated from camp/gear) in these conditions. Just commit to walking a particular bearing, use your compass to pick a tree on that bearing, walk to the tree, put that tree against your back, and repeat. It's about the only way to walk in a straight line on that kind of terrain... and even then, you might need #2... #2 GPS and maps with UTM grids are amazing - so easy to know exactly where you are within a meter. Take waypoints of your car, your campsite, etc. and GPS will get you back to them. For trail hikes, use the map and compass and time and distance, not use GPS, and keep making an guesses/estimate of where you are every hour or half-hour --- and only then get your GPS coordinates. It's interesting to see how off your navigation can be. You learn a lot about your biases for navigation this way. A great book to read to really freak yourself out about getting lost in the midwest is "Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods".

[@8470tony]

All great points. Especially checking behind, an easy one to forget. I use Strava on airplane mode and have referenced the blue path before to find my way back. Also keeping a paper copy of the map. Have run into more than a few folks who had their phone battery die with no paper map.

[@brycedunlap]

Love the videos Bryce.... from a fellow Bryce who loves hiking!

[@rickshears1]

Great advice. Last fall I was hiking (Ohio) and the trail was covered with leaves. I realized I was no longer on the trail and was able to back track and find the trail.

[@foggs]

Got lost once. Lesson learnt. I now always have offline maps downloaded on my phone and record the track. And make sure someone else has maps on their phone too. If I'm on my own, I take a spare phone. Also, map and compass as a backup to the backup.

[@hikesome]

Great tips Bryce!

[@scottbutler1561]

Thanks for your honest content Bryce. It was great to meet you at the Tuscazoar, hope you did well. I look forward to meeting you on the trail again.

[@davidbernadine]

There are some great tips here Bryce. The bushwalking club I used to walk with in the 1980s didn't like using the word 'lost'. They said it was like that other four letter word, so they said to use the phrase 'geographically embarrassed' instead. LOL Your tip about looking behind regularly is very important. If you have to back-track, things look so different and can cloud your judgement if you haven't looked back before. Rather than not trusting people on their advice and going with your gut feeling, what if your gut feeling is wrong? I think that you need to be wary of what people are saying, but don't dismiss what they are saying completely, even if your gut feeling says otherwise. Where there is a difference of opinion, keep an open mind and rethink your situation. Pull out the map, take a deep breath and question not just their advice, but also your thinking. Hopefully then you will make the right decision.

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Good advice! Looking forward to the merch!

[@auswalker7865]

Very good advice Bryce. Well done!

[@markcummings6856]

Good stuff. Come to the Northeast. Do the Meet Up there.

[@elizabethingram9784]

Totally! Know where you’re going. OMG! What were those red dots on your feet? Fire ants? Mosquito bites? Enquiring minds… :)

[@cgriggsiv]

Those were baby ticks and chiggers

[@boundr2107]

My money is on chicken pox!

[@vinceimp9581]

Going to the #2 spot early in the morning can also get ya turned around. Happened to me in some tall grass trying to get away from the water source around Revis ranch in the superstitions here in AZ.

[@TR-sk8hf]

I use a UCO puck light in my tent at night,put it on blue light.Stands out in the dark.Might help.

[@dewdrop6400]

Great video. The most important thing is to get a good compass and learn how to use it and navigate with it. The second most important, as you said, is to learn how to read a map and use your compass in conjunction with the map. I always bring a compass (and a map if I don't know the area) as I only carry a smart phone with no other backup for a GPS.

[@cgriggsiv]

I love that don't go off trail what do I do go off trail every time I'll get back to that area soon enough I got to go take a look at this section over here I got to see what's around

[@matthewkingoutdoors]

Always a great video! Still my favorite KZbin backpacker! Still trying to get my channel up and running and kind of taking pointers from your channel! Keep it up man!

[@stephanieford8298]

Sending love from Ohio ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@foreverirish132]

Some very good tips thanks 😊

[@johngarrison6526]

Great shirt!

[@draekko_]

On android there are apps like sun surveyor (lite and paid) that let you know where the sun is and the arc across the sky based on gps location and compass direction and time of day.

[@turtlecrawford6468]

I did get lost in a cave once, only for about 10 minutes but that was plenty

[@turtlecrawford6468]

I had a similar food bag hang situation but I think yuengling had something to do with it

[@markheming3507]

I have made most of these same mistakes over the years myself & it’s taught me to definitely ✔️✔️ my location on my map, GPS, phone often. Several years ago my son and I did a 6 day bushwhacking BP trip in Pecos Wilderness outside of SantaFe NM, w/o years of practice and orienteering it would’ve been almost impossible to do

[@christopherch7307]

Follow the blazes🤣🍺🍺🍺

[@roamingrick8736]

The minute the thought crosses your mind that you might be off track, stop, think it through, backtrack if necessary to get oriented. If you determined your lost start implementing preventative measures, plenty of videos show how to deal with that, just search it.

[@JakkeLehtonen-Jagster]

8 o’clock… It just doesn’t matter because somewhere is always afternoon ;)

[@jgeisler]

A satellite device, like an Inreach, can be a lifesaver if you become so lost that you cannot find your way.

[@stonedapeadventures]

when I get lost it's always me accidentally following a game trail

[@CMBPhotoVideo]

Go bucks!

[@Mason-dk4rs]

Mmmyeahhhhhh!!!

[@TheNoobHiker]

Why would an inexperienced hiker go into unfamiliar area without a InReach mini or something equivalent?

[@BryceNewbold]

ignorance. haha

[@slylyunleashed8419]

👍👍👍

[@RESTLESSOUTDOORS]

#8.... don't start sobbing when you finally catch up with your friends on the trail... that was embarrassing Newbold....

[@magicworldbyjorg]

[@cgriggsiv]

Yes Bryce take your time read the maps study them get your apps out look where you're going try to keep the Sun at least on one side left or right depending on which direction you were going look back behind you ever so often know your surroundings know your limits and pretty much yep walking a straight line for about 30 minutes you'll come to a road just about every time or a farmland if you go down far enough in the southern part of Ohio At least I can honestly say to myself so far while looking at maps getting my GPS out on my phone if it's so awesome and only when required I don't get lost in the woods it's on the roads I get lost

[@KrizAkoni]

I’m not lost…I just don’t know where I am…

[@cgriggsiv]

I am the solo hiker bike packer unless it's a group like another KZbin Meetup at Mohican site 3

[@hikethat401]

This one time I got lost…😏

[@ChristianPaulPhotography]

The worst thing you can do if you feel lost is to panic. You will make a bunch of bad decisions when you panic if you feel like you are lost. If you feel lost stop, take a deep breath, then work the problem.

[@elizabethingram9784]

Never trust the locals! Lol yeah, some people are just xxxxxx, but others just won’t admit their wrong.

[@krasht1]

Compass,Compass,Compass,Map,Map,Map,Learn,Learn,Learn ! It`s not that hard, once you know, you know, like riding a bike.

[@neilquinn]

LOL yes @ do not believe other backpackers.

[@BryceNewbold]

for real