Intro to Orienteering

[@michaelbierlein5642]

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.

[@wannabecarguy]

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.

[@RB-vr7mq]

Taught to get lost in a straight line...

[@frccustomguns7859]

You can literally buy books about this shit. Boy Scouts used to teach this.

[@cptxlobster]

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!!

[@chadweir1246]

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

[@rostamr4096]

it is 4 am where i am, and I love watching this....

[@SwitchbackGuitars]

Pat Mac is the professor we all need but don’t deserve.

[@J0HN3]

Thanks for the video!

[@randypennington4968]

Awesome clear instructions !From a true HERO !

[@kellymouton7242]

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!

[@moscowcowboy_13]

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.

[@jefflemaster2850]

I learned in the Boy Scouts as well- unfortunately I have forgotten some things.

[@pamountains2]

Great information Mac

[@steveowen5143]

Informative to hear him differentiate between land nav and orienteering.

[@joeybaggadoughnuts5715]

Love the information and educational value of the video. Plus, to me watching Pat's videos is like watching Snoopy & Woodstock: always put me in a good mood! 😊

[@MBriggs-vu2ko]

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!

[@maxgoldbergstein4746]

Every time I visit this channel, I end up going and buying something:-) Thanks for the education PM. God bless you and yours.

[@james9902]

I love your content and would love to see more on this topic. Thank you Sir.

[@stevefournier6375]

Great instruction, Pat, thanks for posting class.

[@teleandtwin65]

More! Well done.

[@luguefamily1498]

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

[@sciencerocks9613]

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

[@barrysmith916]

Thanks Mac, real skills for real world survival. Land Nav is an art all itself .

[@HiPpiEBoi]

Awesome. Thanks for the explanation.

[@jstep100]

You do a great job of teaching sir! thanks much!

[@billplunkett8989]

Awesome job explaining the fundamentals of Orienteering and Land Nav! First time learning this topic and made total sense!

[@fitzgeni16]

Use this skill all the time riding and especially when making and blazing new trail in the PNW.

[@jerichok1913]

Thank you for your knowledge, and I wouldn't mind more on the topic. Thank you.

[@lacticacidtrip]

Awesome brush stroke of knowledge right there! Thank you

[@empizzle8]

Excellent presentation, please continue on with it

[@jakeb8856]

Thank you. I’ve had an itch to dig into these topics to improve my outdoor skills. This was a great primer. Much appreciated!

[@patrickoberem9109]

Getting after it - making a difference. Good job Pat.

[@rushedandlost]

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 .

[@jaypee389]

Definitely Good to understand this stuff

[@kennyellis5535]

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

[@terrysanders2817]

Well presented! Thnk you.

[@joelauda7501]

More please. Great summary, thx.

[@herk6124]

Yes sir! More please... Great stuff!

[@wildseedtheron]

Thanks for making this so accessible!

[@Lobo204RHF]

Always found maps beautiful can learn so much from them.

[@Foreverandever431]

Very much liked this. Please do more thank you

[@zhilaxfow7888]

We like this.

[@ph5915]

Excellent info! A few years back another KZbinr, '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!

[@tendraftsdeep]

@Glizzy6d Exactly. I stopped following Corporal recently because of his whining and complaining about KZbin analytics and not making enough money

[@asmith7876]

@@tendraftsdeep Maybe give him another shot, he's backed off the whining! LOL

[@toddstewart4135]

More of this please. Awesome stuff!!

[@jed9615]

Great video brother, keep walking with our KING!

[@brettmcculloch5342]

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!

[@mascasa7502]

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.

[@CoolestDude38NC]

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.

[@catshunt5044]

Great information! Respect!

[@Will_1911]

Please do more of these videos. Love them

[@tbip2001]

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.

[@azhivago2296]

Great idea!

[@azhivago2296]

Love this - fascinating.

[@SGavin]

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.

[@southernrockiesselfreliance]

I’ve seen a lot of these but this one really HIT. Thanks!

[@FastHatTrick]

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!

[@jkrjhn8]

Excellent!

[@BxKRs]

Brings me back. Would definitely like to see more videos on the topic.

[@heathennomad2539]

Thank you Pat

[@bradsmith5838]

Fantastic Sir!!

[@woodsghost9088]

I love the "Time Hack" stuff. That was new to me.

[@Gothicwoodcraft]

Very cool, looking forward to more of these vids. I def need a refresher on all of this.

[@cej3940]

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

[@Michael-yt3wz]

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.

[@pisom4314]

thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us!!! i would like to see more content on this subject!!

[@thecookiechannel7083]

Thank you!!

[@josephrosenberg8196]

Awesome block with regards to measuring distance, deadreckoning, and some terrain features. Wld love to see more!

[@irondiver292]

Excellence. Give us the full spin up P Mac and crew. Get some, in the right direction.

[@mordecai7820]

Terrain association and looser orienteering is a thoroughly neglected topic-- thank you for dropping the knowledge, more is always appreciated.

[@fishduckdog]

Thanks for sharing! My favorite land navigation! Hope all goes well for you and family.

[@11Wholegrain]

Bro! Do more! This is awesome. I feel like you could do a whole class on this and in multiple layers. Thanks, Pat!

[@suntzu5836]

Top Shelf Knowledge! Time to get out and EXPLORE😎

[@ChristofferKeizer]

Thank you, sir.

[@SeaJayBelfast]

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.

[@countfurioso7589]

We like this. And we want to get into it a lot more.

[@davidhubble5283]

Hooagh SMG, Outstanding!

[@mstjerning8919]

Awesome! I would like to dive more into this topic.

[@user-pr3ho5pz4m]

You did a good job explaining. Very interesting subject.

[@georgekirby3361]

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.

[@Sjackson2369]

Great explanations there Pat.

[@Lame_Duck]

👍 Thanks for the free lesson !

[@michaelcarter8209]

Outstanding

[@andrewrutan6804]

Yep love it!!!

[@Kamtheman1]

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.

[@bigsilewis3660]

Orienteering was my sport in the Army. As a FST it was great to keep sharp at nav and movement at speed, ideal as an armoured FOO. UBIQUE

[@axelasander9659]

Very important info!

[@t8music]

Good stuff

[@sean58271]

I’d like to hear a lot more on this subject, thanks Pat!

[@expeditionlife9627]

Pls make some more videos like this! Great job! 💪🏽💪🏽🔥

[@holisticonomist8136]

Definitely a deteriorating skill. Thanks for helping me dust out the cobwebs. Keep the land nav/orienteering lessons coming! Thanks Pat

[@ShooterB1]

This is awesome, lots of stuff to learn and I didnt know anything about this. Cool

[@c431inf]

Love the classroom videos

[@dj7362]

Loved it! Great info. Please elaborate....also use of compass. General beginners navigation.

[@supernova8642]

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🤘🏼.

[@bic1498]

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 😉

[@thechad8997]

Love everything you're doing brother! Keep up the great work and thanks!

[@jasonreisenberger1285]

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.

[@dannyhardesty3692]

I learned some of this in Boy Scouts long ago. Pat Mac would be an awesome Scoutmaster!

[@williamvigil2951]

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.

[@prospero6337]

🌟PatMac...glad you are such a good dude. You just get at it. love sharing your vids.🎩

[@BG-nl3hy]

I feel I could watch this particular type of video for hours.... love keeping in mind the tactical advantage...rock n roll you badass

[@MichaelLeopold1]

Enjoyed the explanation

[@ed008ue]

Pat, good to have a refresher course on Land Nav !!!

[@fl260]

Pat, you ARE the man. This is key knowledge. Keep making these!