Pathfinder Basics Estimating Distance and Pace Count Lecture

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[@johngo6283]

That estimating distance across the river with a 45° measurement tip is NICE! I've never seen that anywhere before.

[@jamesmustang144]

Good triangulation lecture. However, it isn't necessary to walk until you hit 45 degrees to determine distance, this is important for long distances. For example, using his tree across the river example, say it was a mountain across a desert: To find distance to the mountain, walk at a 90 degree angle until you are 4.5 degree's from original heading. Then multiply times 10 to determine distance.

[@14maddaxmorris41]

Had a great time at the school this past weekend Dave. For anybody watching these videos, you have to go to the Pathfinder School for a class. Experience of a lifetime! Thanks for the knowledge Dave. This final exam kicked my butt by the way. Overwhelming sense of accomplishment when I finished.

[@northof50now]

Outstanding video Dave. Each time I think I can jump right to an intermediate class, then see on of the basic videos, I have to admit to my own ignorance. Thanks for posting.

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

I finally get the tree height one, and you didn't even have to explain it in detail. I just saw what you were doing with the compass, and then I tried it out on mine, and I got it. Crazy cool.

[@14maddaxmorris41]

Had a great time at the school this past weekend Dave. For anybody watching these videos, you have to go to the Pathfinder School for a class. Experience of a lifetime! Thanks for the knowledge Dave. Great video by the way.

[@Cannonbo]

you had me at " i'm a fan of the metric system". i dont understand why there is still other systems than metric in this world...

[@alexcrayne]

Its surprising how many people dont know how to navigate w a compass. Getting a position fix on a map, estimating distance, night time navigation are all too important to know. Thanks Dave.

[@InfantryGeek]

Bringing back my Army Training. Love it. Just make sure you point out when navigating around an object that you do a box effect and to continue your pace count on your second turn so you don't lose count when you get to the object or location on the other side of the object you are navigating around. I think you kind of explained that but it wasn't clear enough for someone without experience to understand.

[@ontheedge4life]

That was the best explanation of estimating distance and height I've ever heard. Thank you so much Dave

[@Jeffrich308]

That was Awesome! If they would use examples like this in school, kids would get a better understanding of math and its everyday uses in life.

[@richbuilds_com]

That's the most sensible way of explaining pace count and its practical uses I've ever seen. Great stuff dave. :-)

[@johngo6283]

Nice video. A good starting point is just to go to a high school track and walk off 100 meters. Yes, your piece count will of course change if the terrain is uphill, downhill, thickly vegetated, muddy, etc. but knowing your standard pace on flat terrain is a good starting point. If you want to get fancy, you can find a friend who does rock climbing and tie two 50 meter ropes together, and stretch it out in different types of terrain.

[@briargoatkilla]

Good stuff! People actually teach land nav and never even mention pace count. It's the most important part if you're searching for a point.

[@spitfire1two]

Awesome vid dave. Great tips. I gotta give a big thanks to the pathfinder school for regularly providing these philosophy and technique videos free of charge to those of us who can't get out to Ohio. Keep up the great work and God bless. Oh and DS sucks without you!

[@jmdavis45]

Great lesson Dave. The best part is that it's something that you can practice whenever you like. So many people these dayshave no idea about how they use a compass, map and pace to navigate.

[@Rendar600]

Thanks Dave for showing us your school lessons for free I feel like I'm their. It's as close as I will ever get cheers

[@smallcat121]

Dave this information is terrific. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I try to learn new things each day, and today you were my teacher. Thanks Dave.

[@BushcraftForSurvival]

As always I never fail to learn from Your vids Dave. Thank You

[@mysss29]

That was excellent. I learned dead reckoning from the Boy Scouts, but I forgot about the ninety degree detour around an obstacle and about estimating distance. And you make pace counting sound much easier than I'd thought.

[@earldennis3984]

Nice. This is a great review for what I learned in the Marines years ago. Thanks.

[@herby375]

You guys & girls in the USA are so lucky to have a teacher like this!

[@JesseBCO18]

I love how you found the distance by trianglation. I have never seen this explained so well. Your gift from God is definitely teaching this stuff, never stop. The world needs this knowledge now more than ever.

[@faramund9865]

You know you could create something like the metric system based on any value, could use feet for example. You’d just have decifeet, centifeet, millifeet. Decafeet, hectafeet, kilofeet. Then it’s also all in increments of 10. What makes the older systems difficult is that multiple base values are used. Feet, thumb with, arm length, the amount an ox can plow, the amount a man can march. And so on and so forth. All very useful back in the day because you get an idea of that distance very easily. But for sure meters are easy to >work< with.

[@maritimespook]

Very important lesson Dave thanx alot and much Love and Respect from Atlantic Canada!!

[@dlvmark]

Awesome, awesome, awesome! Just learned something new! Thank you for pasting brother!

[@themoodybobby1]

was a great class all the way around learned a ton.

[@fluxcopasitor]

Dave I remember watching your first YT videos years ago when you did that nalgene survival water bottle vid, must have been about 5 years ago now! Have pretty much loved all your work since, my brother and I are hoping to get up to the states (from Australia here) for one of your classes next year! keep up the awesome work mate!

[@Iasco92]

This is very important to learn! thank you dave!!!

[@Simplemansnature]

That's some great instruction there Dave. Your pace count of 68 per 100 meters is similar to mine. I measured my pace count about 20 years ago, and it was 67 paces at a 100 yards. Mine is probably 69 at 100 meters.

[@motzmare1]

I remember this from Math Class in high school, I had a teacher who taught us how to do this. One of the only things in high school Math I still use. He used it talking about the Pythagorean Theorem (a2 +b2 = c2). The other thing he taught was how to drop a rock and use math/physics to determine how deep a hole is based on how long it took to fall using the gravity constant of about 10.

[@goriverman]

Great video Dave, very intructive

[@MightyCamperJohn]

Great lesson! Very useful. Thank you.

[@liighthead]

thanking you all at pathfinders school for uploading these. im from Australia and hopefully someday i would like todo a course with you, but its quite a trip haha. but thanks for teaching ect :)

[@dhdriller]

great vid, awesome info about triangulation to figure distance and size. I too carry a walking bead string on my day pack.

[@Ratchety]

I enjoy your teaching Dave, you speak well. I hope one day that I can enroll in your course.

[@valhalla83]

That's awesome! So much for 'needing' to remember trigonometry from school :P haha Brilliant work as usual, Dave.

[@nathan42304]

Good video Dave on pace counting

[@Trad6009]

Dave, you kind of reinvented the wheel a little bit with you talk on distance estimation, but I did enjoy learning about estimating height. I didnt know that was called an inclinometer, and definately never thought about how to use it. Now that I know that, I wish the lensatic compasses issued to us had them.

[@scruffydude1]

That is so awesome Dave thank you for tha,t it was worth its weight in gold for sure

[@connorsamuels8858]

your the man dave

[@localrider77]

Nice.learn something new every day

[@FISHBREATHH]

Good stuff Dave, Thanks

[@Vx777infonet]

Excellent video Dave! This is what they need to show when learning this math an example of it! I can hear the echos "what will we ever use this for" its stuff like this that brings learning alive. God bless you giving info for free I hope you get rich in return.

[@sakelleys]

As always great video Dave would love to take your class.

[@Shawnneh]

You're very good!

[@EatCarbs]

Wow.. that was really interesting.. I honestly don't know much about navigating.. =\ Thanks for the video

[@earlsluder5089]

thanks for the great refresh on my army land nav.

[@Smith28Adventure]

So damn interesting. Thanks Dave.

[@spartacusantipas4580]

Dave, As a former Teacher who learns so much from your instruction, YOU BE THE MAN! Thanks for sharing and I look forward to supporting you in your books, products and videos.

[@dauntul]

Hi Dave, Great video once again. A quick questions, do you think it's a good idea to carry a mechanical tally counter instead of pace counter beads?

[@pilotlukeduke]

Great video this will help with really long walks up in the lakedistrict with cadets in pitch black. Love your videos. Ps what is that jacket you are wearing?

[@timberrunner4956]

thanks. i knew that but never thought of useing it this way. the math and triangulation

[@c82yota]

great video.

[@lonewolfslayervideos]

sorry to be off topic talking about old videos but what type and were did you get the rope you used in makeing a survival bow bow string video the one were you tied it to a tree and twisted it on itself thanks for all you do with these videos

[@tsnorquist]

@wildernessoutfitters This may be a dumb question, but would pace counting translate into rowing as well? I was just thinking for us living near a coastline who would get lost at sea, we could pace out our distance with oar rows (if in a situation where a motor would die out).

[@stephenfeeney2966]

Nice vid Dave

[@TheRobq7]

Good stuff Brother. I wish I could afford the time off to come learn land nav and compass and map from you first hand. Working for myself sometimes stinks. I don't know why I want to learn it as I've never been lost other than It would be a great skill to have so I could find things on a map easier,

[@Kentuckycelt]

i think you just did something my geometry teacher tried to do, show me why i want to know this thanks for the vid's

[@stephensgate1]

I've always wanted to learn this, inside and out. They should offer subjects like this in High School's accross America. For those of us who "can not" attend your class, do you have a DVD that we could learn from??

[@lonewolfslayervideos]

sorry to bring up old videos but what and were do you buy the string you used on your video survival bow quick bow string

[@dblankenship46]

I'm gonna have to look it up. :-)

[@SquirrelDarling1]

Now I get it!!

[@RandyTheSavage5150]

Where can I find a good compass like the one you were using?

[@kc9pxz]

cool great vid I alway had a time with things.

[@eltenda]

really interesting...

[@krukabman]

How does this school compare to one Sheppard? I have not been to a training course. And am just looking around. Where is your school located?

[@67JD110]

What about teaching them to add and subtract from azimuth when going around a "danger area "? Just wondering why you didn't talk about. Great videos Dave I've learn alot from them!! Thank you

[@bryanstockton3388]

I have noticed with both soldiers and Boy Scouts that they tend to be excited on the measured course and really step out. They tend to take longer steps and their count is way too low later in the day when they are tired and on uneven terrain which makes them take smaller steps. I tell them to relax and pay attention to their steps on the measured course.

[@nativepsychoman]

Thank you.

[@JakeHunter2010]

Nice Instructions.

[@NOTuNOTme]

Nice!

[@THEMUSICMAKESUS]

Good video brother

[@SwampRatProductions]

I had kinda a hard time with the pace count when we did this in the Everglades. I think it was the third day and by that time I was pretty hungry and a little sluggish in the brain. I kept forgetting where I was in my count, umm.... was that 63 steps or 36, lol or I would forget to write it down. And the water moccasins were a nice touch, keeps ya on your toes :-)

[@hippyhicks5326]

I have old maps of a strip pit i need to know what a klick is dead reconing cause thats how its staited

[@OUTDOORROGUE]

They teach it in the Army....get up with any seasoned ground pound'er.....nothing against you Dave, just putting it out there. Good vid and info, brother. LOL Quiz: What is a reverse intersection.......i know.....a little too complicated 4'em right now but, maybe the advanced class? Keep up the vid's.

[@tinytin5]

Hey Dave sorry this is a little off topic but can you do the pros and cons of wool blankets vs sleeping bags? also have you ever tried to make a pvc bow you should try BackyardBowyer for ideas. it seams like a vary common man.

[@EmanP223]

Good info

[@MustObeyTheRules]

Good vid

[@user-ip7dt2rn4e]

Good video

[@bc46488]

INTERESTING

[@MrKtdyer]

i would love to come to one of your classes dave but first i need to get money to buy the tickets and proper equipment lol

[@GearHolic]

I'm pretty sure thats his anorak from duluth. It comes white but Dave dyed his black walnut colour

[@ExpressPrescription]

i need to learn more about navigation.

[@jimsmith9768]

nice

[@sacriptex5870]

ola dave voce voa?

[@infidel556x45]

this is a very Garry Owen video

[@aber00all]

Never used this or heard of it in Army basic training (1972). And I wouldn't have needed it after basic as I was in the Signal Corps.

[@spence0324]

There is a reason that the Army teaches land navigation this way; first its the correct way, based on years of use and refinement. Also the Army teaches to the least common denominator, or to the dumbest individual. Land nav is easy for some and difficult for some. It's also a perishable skill. Well done Dave.

[@jimsmith9768]

Are you an ex marine/army ?

[@leloodallasmultipass]

you got a snifflemonster in your class.

[@iraynigo33]

First?

[@anthonymorelli67]

The guy talking in the background probably failed.

[@SuperDashRendar]

The class sounds really sick, there is a cough every few seconds. Good info but a bit distracting hearing all that coughing and wheezing.