Scouting Around a Base Camp - The Art and Science of Land Navigation

[@GruntProof]

Well done TOP!

[@STOKERMATIC]

👊 🇺🇸

[@berniestraight126]

This is such easy to follow and fun to follow going out to north bend and going to a not on the known trail but through the woods and getting there 50 or so meters from the trail finish I was stoked so cool no trails just compass and map going to eastern side next thank you so much just need to refine so after the distance I’m closer I can see practice is the key knowing pace count up and down hills is very important I think that is what put me off 50 meters for me I was very happy Trust me Thank you so very much at 61 years old putting new info in my brain is awsome

[@cincipaul]

Reshooting azimuth every 50 meters, and boxing and reshooting after the funky stuff. Sometimes with point flags were so close to each other I thought the cadre were leaving some wiggle room to gut check the cocky students, lol.

[@louiemorris9598]

Glad to see you back in the saddle again.

[@STOKERMATIC]

Oh yeah! Cinch it up tight!!

[@wjewell63]

love the woods.,they where my playground growing up.......long long time ago..lol still trying to grow up !

[@STOKERMATIC]

Me too!

[@JeffMeadowsOutdoors]

Hi Stoker. Thanks again for the video.

[@STOKERMATIC]

Jeff!! Hope all is well!

[@Stone-Wolf-Outdoors]

i need to practice this a lot more ty for the refresher :)

[@ssbfmcw]

Thanks for another informative video on not getting lost. Very good on how to be location savvy when a map isn't available or perhaps the site is too small for the scale. Great tips and modeling awareness of the landscape as well as keeping written notes of distance and direction. I prefer a baseplate compass for this use case as protractor and scale are available. Also math for the reverse course is graphically presented opposite the direction of travel arrow.

[@STOKERMATIC]

Good thoughts Bill!

[@Barsa.1899.]

That's exactly what I want to see.

[@STOKERMATIC]

Right on!

[@dwaynerobertson383]

Another excellent video. I am going to have to make sure I set up near very prominent terrain features (100/200m from a river, stream, beside a large rock outcrop or base of a prominent hill, etc), because I just don't have the experience or the confidence in my nav' skills, that guys like you do, to find my way back to a basecamp in a large stand of featureless pines or cedars and what not. I'd need some recognizable safety terrain features as a security blanket!! That would SUCK to lose track of your camp and where you are. Another great reason to start out early - a reserve tank of daylight! Thanks for sharing as always, Stoker!!

[@STOKERMATIC]

Keep working it!

[@joefennell7535]

Cool Top. Good practice with those small treks. Where the dog tops?

[@STOKERMATIC]

Got me Joe! I gotta get him back out - he’s getting huge!

[@denniscorbin3416]

Semper Fi

[@ericdee6802]

Great video Stokerman. Good to see you out and about again. When you were traveling through the hike, do you keep the distance traveled logged by memory or keep notes on paper? What was the distance traveled throughout the hike?.🇺🇸✌️

[@STOKERMATIC]

On paper. If only a few hundred meters I’ll use my head but if I don’t write it down, I probably ain’t going to remember.

[@hunbi8419]

Thank-you great video as always, ""keep up the fire"" Manchu warrior 7th id light ft. Ord 87-89

[@STOKERMATIC]

Right on brother!

[@WojciechKoodziejski]

Hi there, another great video, thanks ! But from 14:36 is not clear to understand Your counting method and how did U to draw a map. I tried for myself in different ways and I lost. Can U show that focusing camera how U drawing a map in the notebook ? Maybe in near future ? Regards from Europe 🤚 🇵🇱

[@STOKERMATIC]

I’ll try to post a picture later from my notebook in the community tab. And yeah, I’ll do better next time too! Thanks for the feedback.

[@sandsock]

I get the idea of figuring out your perimeter angles=180 degrees. But how did you do that without putting it to scale in your notebook? Did you go all the way to the return point of your first azimuth or did you j hook it back after. You hit the halfway point, of your guestimated pace count. I'm not sure i understand all the tricks of the protractor

[@STOKERMATIC]

I loosely drew it to scale in the notebook.

[@Kevin-ne9bj]

Great video as always! I’ve been meaning to ask what backpack your using? Is it a “hidden woodsman? If so what model? Keep up the great videos Thanks

[@STOKERMATIC]

It’s a Kifaru Eastern Ruck. Look in gear playlist for a full review.

[@austinsmith658]

I've really been enjoying this video, but feel like I'm missing something basic. I did a mock up on paper of your travel and the degrees and everything, and it made sense. Then I tried my own, on paper. I tried going 240° then turning 145° going a ways. Then to get back to "camp" I draw a line with my protractor from point B to camp and that degree and my compass degree seem waaaay different. Is there a mathematical equation I'm missing. A certain distance of travel or triangle angle?

[@austinsmith658]

Nvm I realized I wasn't lining my protractor facing north with my compass to get the angle

[@STOKERMATIC]

Glad ya got it!

[@rvaldesr1]

Hey man. You need a machete or a 12" knife.

[@STOKERMATIC]

I admit it - I do. 😎👊🇺🇸

[@jennyzayas8077]

i love the information,, but this unrealistic terrain… be real!

[@STOKERMATIC]

Not realistic?