Posted on 05/16/2016 11:20:12 AM PDT by w1n1
There are many ways to find true north if you get disoriented while hiking. Though it may sound easy to walk in a straight line, it’s actually simple to get off-course. There are many ways to getting back on track, that is back to true north. Here are some simple methods:
First method is to get a needle and cork, or something to make the needle float. Once placed in the water, the needle will turn and point to true north. See the rest of the methods for finding true north here. How about you all, what other ways have you used to get back on track?
True north or Magnetic north? You better know which is which especially if you are lost in northern Canada.
If the rest of the advice is that bad, best not to even read it.
Liberal / Millenial question: “uh but what good is that if I want to go East or West?!!”
Horrible advice
If you are hiking, if you stopped to do this you
A) Lost valuable daylight. Daylight you could have used to get out
B) Within 2 minutes of leaving the place you could easily lose you sense of direction and would need to find it again.
Also, it would probably just be easier learn the constellations and which ones point north (i.e the Big Dipper or Orion) than follow that dumb advice.
Moss always grows on the north side of a tree.
Better advice To Find Almost Good enough true North
With a wrist watch, line up the sun in the middle between the 12 and the little hand.
The 12 is pointing South
North is 180° the other way.
Use the 1 during Daylight savings
North is the direction illegals go...
It has been said that the Southern Hemisphere lagged so far behind the Northen Hemisphere, in development, because in the Southern Hemisphere there is no “pole star”.
Unless you are in Western WA, in which case if grows on all sides of a tree
There are some quite serious flaws with this piece, but for what it’s worth I have on more than one occasion used the “point 12 on your watch at the low-in-the-sky sun, halfway between 12 and the hour hand is roughly N.
Another trick is to pay careful attention to the people around you. If when you ask, “pardon me, but where is North?” they answer something to the effect of:
“Oh, well my my. Mr. Trigger happy cowboy wants to know where he is... Why don’t you ask the homeless people crowding your streets? Your obnoxious media people? Your war-mongering government that has single-handedly caused the world’s terror and refugee problem?”
Then you know you have indeed been going north, and it’s high time to turn back.
Who in their right mind, wants to go North?
Especially if there is no grits.
In Indiana,1957, I ordered 2 eggs. bacon, and grits. Then overheard Waitress ask the Cook, “What the Hell is grits?”.
My Yankee Mom, Tried to serve my Rebel Dad something called Hominy,. Said it was the same. T’wasn’t!
/Humor?
However, if they were to reply, “ya cain’t get thar from har”, then I say you have reached your final destination.
I was with a Southerner in a pizza/seafood (yes, really) restaurant in Hannibal, Missouri. He ordered sweet tea, and proceeded to tell the sweet young waitress exactly how to prepare it from scratch - and it didn’t mean just dump a couple of sugar packets into the glass.
Poor thing; she stood there staring like he really expected her to do it.
Moss always grows on the north side of a tree.
In the northwest it grows all the way around trees also. Don/t trust it.
Yup because the d floating needle points to magnetoc north
I don’t think that of the cooks(?) on the Food Channel knows how to do it justice.
In our Alabama Family Reunions, certain Aunts are the Designated Sweet Tea brewers! It’s not Kosher for anyone else to bring their own! Strange thing is most of those had names like Bessie Mae, Bessie Lee or Ruby Lee. Not to many named Brittany.
That’s funny - I think that was our server’s name!
“Yup because the d floating needle points to magnetoc north”
Well, one end does, the other end points the other way. And that only works if you magnetized the needle before you left, and also packed a cork and a cup (plastic) for the water.
Before going to that much trouble, just pack a compass.
Oh also you have to know how to use a compass, and just knowing “north” won’t get you unlost.
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