Timing in navigation, how and when to use it

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Жыл бұрын

Knowing how long it will take you to walk somewhere is one of the fundamental skills which all walkers and trekkers should have. This video is a shortened version of my one-day pacing and timing course, both of which are vital skills for everyone going out into the hills.

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@CristiNeagu 9 ай бұрын

I don't know, I actually enjoyed the bit about walls at the end. Didn't realise that some of these walls were this old.

@toddshook1765 Күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing a bit of history of the area. I enjoy the waffling. You’re a great instructor.

@tomcreekdevil5967 Жыл бұрын

What can I say? The entire video is great! Educational and entertaining. I absolutely love the history lesson at the end. It dovetails well into the video. Keep those coming!

@deepstate8474 3 ай бұрын

Awesome presentation and style! I just happened upon your videos the other day and I've a few hours consumed. You're now my teacher. I appreciate how personable your presentations are despite you're apparent solitude in the hills. That's exactly what I'm seeking, self sufficiency and peaceful solitude. Thank you for conveying the information in a manner that is so friendly and with personality. Some of the other guys I enjoy are very straight forward and clinical, which I appreciate at times. Shout out to ranger survival and field craft. Others are a bit condescending at times, which I chuckle with when I'm not the numb skull in question; shout out to Cpl. Kelly! All of you are awesome and doing a great service to to us men who maybe didn't serve in the military or get our education straight away, or who lacked mentors I. Our youth. 3 cheers to you sir: Hip hip-

@tshirley05015 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you left in the bit about the wall. We don't have that deep of history here in the US.

@johnsometimesoffandsometim8933 4 ай бұрын

Back in the day British Railways used to allow 20 min to the mile.3 mile an hour. My late father told me this when I was a kid. He walked many miles a day in his railway work on track and ballast. Over the years this has set me in good stead almost to the minute and distance traveled. However I timed myself recently on a canal path with milestones. 2 mile per hour. I was mystified, then the penny dropped. Im now 70 with two artificial joints and the other hip is starting to get a bit rusty. who said getting old was fun? Good videos in fact, excellent.

@tourwithalimark4799 4 ай бұрын

Brilliantly explained as usual and the information on walls was great more please

@bernardhorlock7751 Жыл бұрын

Not only are you a fountain of knowledge but entertaining as well. The extra bits you tack on the end are fascinating, Keep up the good work.

@TheMapReadingCompany Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@JohnDoe-ee6qs Жыл бұрын

Walls and wolves, interesting and something i didnt know, should put the outtake as a youtube short i am sure it would get some traffic

@doughobbs7706 10 ай бұрын

so glad you kept the wall-waffle in, made an already great video brilliant! do more of that!

@TheMapReadingCompany 10 ай бұрын

I leave out MUCH more waffle than I leave in 😁 or each video would be 5 hours long

@arildbergstrm9065 9 ай бұрын

Going round a mountain or around a mountain. In Norway we have a bucket anology. You can raise the handle. That representens the mountain. You can fold the handle and it goes around the bucket. That represents the walk around the mountain. The length of the arc of the handle is the same, but you will most often walk in a higher tempo on flat land around the mountain, rather up and then down the mountain.

@GBOB68 Жыл бұрын

So glad you kept the waffle in at the end.

@joshubrook324 6 ай бұрын

Fab and loved the wall info I’ll keep a look out next time I’m out 🎉

@hnahler 3 ай бұрын

Great overview on timing. Using timing requires experience and lots of it. When I go for a walk in my area on undulating footpath for 2h, I will cover 7 - 7.5 kph. When I walk a long-distance path like the West Highland Way (WHW), I cover around 3.4 - 3.8 kph. Why that vast difference of a factor of 2. And by the way, on an overnight walk in the featureless and almost pathless Pentland Hills this will drop to 2.8 - 3 kph. When I do a local walk for a few hours, I won’t stop. Not once. No drink. No photo. No checking directions. On the WHW there isn’t much direction checking as it is well way-marked but the ground isn’t always even (Loch Lomond section), there is more up and down than in my local area, I will need a break, I will walk for longer and tire, I will take photographs, I’m carrying a heavy pack. In the Pentland Hills the mud and navigation further slow me down. - Don’t try to fight those different paces. Yes, you can speed up for an hour if necessary but not for the entire day. I can walk 5 kph on the WHW if I have to. In fact that is my walking pace while I’m moving. So, not stopping for photographs or a break, I know that in the next hour I will cover 5 km. But when I plan how what distance I will cover in a day in May, get up at 6 am, breakfast, pack up the tent, start at 7.30 am, walk until 7.30 pm, cover 12h x 3.4 kph = 40 km. - Do you know if you can (or want to) walk for 12h? That applies to any other distance or time. Don’t be unrealistic and just extrapolate. Going back to my local pace, I know that I cannot walk 12h x 7kph = 84 km even on flat ground without a pack. - To anybody who has walked a lot, this is obvious. If you are new, please don’t just measure your time on 100 m and do wild extrapolations on how many days it will take you to complete the West Highland Way or how many hours to get up and down Ben Nevis.

@davespain7716 5 ай бұрын

Humphrey Head, very interesting, went there for a Wainwright I seem to recall. Great video thanks

@martinbobfrank Жыл бұрын

Great information and thank you. I loved the waffle addition at the end, and it would be great to see on your other videos (Normally KZbin endings are not even worth watching).

@medicus5565 9 ай бұрын

Glad you didn't delete that last section! Keep them comin'...

@royblackburn1163 10 ай бұрын

I walked around the ramparts of Berwick-upon-Tweed last week, surprisingly I found your wall waffle really very interesting. Brilliant.

@unixpro2 6 ай бұрын

Another brilliant video and history lesson. Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge

@TimOE2000 9 ай бұрын

Fascinating, please do some more on walls 😁

@johnrobertson7583 7 ай бұрын

Firstly, before I forget...that looks like a very solid and useful outdoor top, with no traditional front zipper to bunch up...now let me get on with watching...LOL

@LpMcQuack 11 ай бұрын

I have recently got into navigation and map reading and came upon your channel..love the content..well done sir..

@Farlig69 9 ай бұрын

Agreed with some of the comments here, more waffle please from the knowledge fountain, very interesting anecdotes!!!

@johnrobertson7583 7 ай бұрын

There used to be a readily findable basic rule of energy expenditure, which is separate from time. For every 20 meters of elevation gain, the energy used is equal to walking level for 100 meters...and conversely...so basically you could walk 5 times as far level as climbing...