Article - Direction Without GPS – How To Instinctively Know

[TWP]

I don't remember where I first learned this skill.  Perhaps I was too young to recognize its importance.

I became aware of it when I met people who got lost walking down unfamiliar streets or who could not drive without having a guide in the passenger seat...

What is this skill and can it be taught?  I believe this is a "yes", for most people, but it may be a hard-sell for those who have grown up with a GPS in their cellphone or who simply stopped looking around and trusted someone else to get them to their destination...

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-skills/direction-without-gps/

As group, some of us in the NNPG have practiced this at camp-outs.  It is also something which you can learn by practice.  It helps to have some one to teach you, but you can start by yourself.  First, turn off the cellphone...

I completely agree with the author of the article - maps are vital to learning this skill.  Even a compass, a good tool, does not make up for being able to visualize where your are, in your mind.  If you have a map to look at, then this becomes much easier.

DO LEARN THIS SKILL,  soon...

[WolfBrother]

You know, most of the I'm oriented to NSEW.

There are a few places I've been where I'm off 90 degrees.  As a Kid at my cousins in the country I was always 90 degrees off to the left.  To Me - south was actually east.  What felt NS was actually EW.

In Denver, CO - same thing only 90 degrees off to the right - the mountains to the West feel North to me.