Here is a wonderful site to check out on Topo Maps!!! By Blake Miller I am currently teaching a Navigation Class (a three credit class) at my local community college. While preparing for my class on topographic maps I came across this fine power point presentation from the “World of Teaching.” The power point presentation [...]

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To me, the bottom line on the moss directional theory is this: Moss grows everywhere in the wilderness. There is not enough consistency, that I could find, to lend creditability to this “survival tip.”

Now, the popular belief that people in unfamiliar surroundings tend to walk round in circles has been confirmed by scientists. Good info here from the “Times Online.”

This post was sent in from a reader in Los Gatos, CA. The hiker in the news story, Edward Rosenthal, 64, of  Los Angeles, went for a dayhike on Sept. 24 at Joshua Tree National Park, CA., was lost for six days and nearly died of thirst. Rosenthal’s ordeal started after he became disoriented after [...]

“The commonality we would find in most of our searches is that people are not necessarily properly equipped,” – Lt. Scott Shelton, Deschutes County (Oregon) Sheriff’s Office

If you just stuck a state road map in your Bug Out Bag, then you should reconsider and take the three types of maps that should be in your survival gear:

It’s really hard to think, and reason out what to do next when there’s this awful, nauseating realization that you may be lost in the wilderness. Suppose you have a map and compass along, and a basic idea of how to use them. But maybe you didn’t think about using the navigation tools until it was too late…

If nobody knows you’ve gone, or where to look, or when you might be back, it could be a long wait to be rescued! An detailed note about your proposed outing should be standard operating procedure.

Here’s the scenario: You walked further down that interesting-looking trail than originally planned and the sun is starting to set behind the mountains. An unsettled feeling in your stomach starts to get worse, and becomes a knot. The knot twists tighter as you realize you don’t have a clue where you are.  The thought sets [...]