How do you tell direction?

Jim thingyen Administrator Posts: 22	How do you tell direction? Jan 6, 2009 21:12:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jim thingyen on Jan 6, 2009 21:12:49 GMT -5 Your GPS has died, it is raining, and dark is coming. How do you figure out which way to travel. Is there a way to determine direction in the woods when there is no site of the sun, and you are in heavy cover.

gunguygal New Member Posts: 4	How do you tell direction? Jan 9, 2009 20:37:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gunguygal on Jan 9, 2009 20:37:51 GMT -5 Who carries a GPS in the woods? Dang, mark your trail. Rain? water flows down hill. Find a high point. Moss grows on the north side of trees and rocks.

Jim thingyen Administrator Posts: 22	How do you tell direction? Jan 9, 2009 20:50:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jim thingyen on Jan 9, 2009 20:50:30 GMT -5 You marked your trail with a GPS.. it died. The woods are in lets say Alaska. NO MOSS on the north side of anything. High hill is surrounded by higher hills. How do you tell which way is north.

zora New Member Posts: 2	How do you tell direction? Sept 3, 2009 18:48:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by zora on Sept 3, 2009 18:48:19 GMT -5 Just look on stars and find a Ursus Major.