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Bill Harsey 04-05-2006 14:47
About all our rivers in Oregon run the wrong way, many to the left.

Rudyak 04-05-2006 14:47
finding directions
 
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I'll try the moon trick.... as soon as the clouds clear here.
(low visibility does not lend itself to making shadows.......) ]
Okay, I'll give you that one.

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The moss trick only works in hollywood movies. ]
I live in Nebraska. We don't have that many trees, so it kind of works here. I wouldn't trust it though.

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If you're lost and find a river, you'd better know where you are at that point!:rolleyes: (If not follow the river down-stream, almost rivers lead to civilization.) Unless you're trying to avoid civilization.

Team Sergeant 04-05-2006 15:00
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I live in Nebraska. We don't have that many trees, so it kind of works here. I wouldn't trust it though.
It would not work in many places I've been, big swamps, jungles, or temperate rain forests. I'd never use it as a direction guide.

TS

lksteve 04-05-2006 15:11
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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
About all our rivers in Oregon run the wrong way, many to the left.
the Rhine doesn't conform either...

Pete 04-05-2006 15:42
The other side
 
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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
About all our rivers in Oregon run the wrong way, many to the left.
Yeah, but if you were on the other side they would be running to the right:D

Did ya hear about the two blonds. They were on both sides of a river. One blond shouted over to the other "How do I get to the other side?". The other one shouted back "You already are.":D

OK I'll fade away now.

Pete

bost1751 04-05-2006 15:58
Finding North
 
Well, if all else fails, use the excuse a new 2LTused in IOBC many years ago. When told he could find his butt with both hands if it was a map by the land nav cadre, the 2d LT replied " The terrain shifted and my compass got magnetized". he was serious too.

Soft Target 04-06-2006 08:05
Land Nav
 
As a former shavetail and SFOC graduate although a staff puke, I eventually learned a foolproof way to determine where I was under any conditions.

Put your right arm out to your side (pointing away for you Rangers) and put your left are directly out in front of you (also pointing away for you Marines), where they meet is exactly where you are.

Forgive Me Colonel.

Rudyak 04-06-2006 08:09
You cannot spell 'lost' without the "LT"

12B4S 04-07-2006 02:09
Just feel it..........


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