Intro to Orienteering 

I would definitely like to get into more detail with your presentations. When I went through basic training it was a basic familiarization. I’d like to have a better working knowledge and one of these days I plan to take a class.

Every time I visit this channel, I end up going and buying something:-) Thanks for the education PM. God bless you and yours.

Thanks for the video. I did orienteering on a regular basis in gym class as a kid growing up in Sweden back in the late 70's and early 80's. There was also a regular weekend orienteering competition open for all to join in the little town that I grew up in. It was a great way to enjoy nature. So watching your video brought back many good old memories 😊 Thanks

I like this video. Im fifty four, Im an old Eagle Scout and at one time decades ago I was really good at orienteering and land navigation. Used to do a lot of land nav in the Uwharrie mountains of NC. Additionally, I have a Bachelor's degree in Geography from 1994. Took classes in cartography and a lot of physical geography, climatology. Not tooting my own horn but at one time I could have smoked most Army infantry guys and infantry Marines on the subjects of land nav and orienteering. Watching your video makes me want to get back into that stuff.

Amazing class, even in the brief time you delivered it. Land nav was my favorite part of the infantry- walkin' through the woods! It is difficult to master. I would love to see you take some time while on your camping adventures to show real examples of route planning, use of compass, use of protractor, and what most everybody forgets: checking the map scale first!!! Thanks Pat, you're awesome!!

it is 4 am where i am, and I love watching this....

Pat Mac is the professor we all need but don’t deserve.

Definitely more of these Pat, such a great skill to learn and always good to gain knowledge on how to cross arduous terrain, map reading and plotting courses for maximum efficiency. Ace brother

Nice video Pat. I was taught map reading and orienteering in high school by a retired Lt. Col Army Ranger. Prime Vietnam era vet too, so he really knew his stuff. Always enjoyed land nav, and went on many field trips doing orienteering courses on the weekends with our class. Great time, underrated life skill, and in my mind 100% basic dude stuff. Thanks for the content, and would enjoy a more in depth video on your experiences and expertise in map reading. Thanks again, and keep up the good work with the great content. P.S. - this is a potentially life saving skills folks, no different than basic first aid. It’s a joy to learn too, so LEARN IT! It could save your life.

Thanks Mac, real skills for real world survival. Land Nav is an art all itself .

Thank you. I’ve had an itch to dig into these topics to improve my outdoor skills. This was a great primer. Much appreciated!

The way you put it into layman's terms makes it very easy to understand in a very short time. Please make a series/ follow up vids. Thank you

I’m at home in the woods and on the water. Get me near a city and my palms get sweaty. Love the content Mac!

Excellence. Give us the full spin up P Mac and crew. Get some, in the right direction.

Awesome job explaining the fundamentals of Orienteering and Land Nav! First time learning this topic and made total sense!

Terrain association and looser orienteering is a thoroughly neglected topic-- thank you for dropping the knowledge, more is always appreciated.

Great information Mac

Interesting. Good information. Haven't used these methods since the 90s when I and 3 or 4 friends back packed in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming and Colorado. Six-day trips. Great presentation. Thanks .

I always enjoyed orienteering and land nav but what Mac said about geo-referencing the spur puts things in a new perspective. Good nuggets of info.

Great video brother, keep walking with our KING!

Your the man Pat ! I have never been in the military. And I salute everyone that has. But I believe our military was at its best when you was in listed.. Your knowledge of the system is very impressive

Thanks for a great video. I am a map & nav nut, this was an excellent presentation. I am game for more nav vids. I always learn something (usually a lot) from your videos and I really appreciate your efforts. Thank you for sharing your knowledge & skill in a very practical & applicable manner.

Getting after it - making a difference. Good job Pat.

Please do more of this! My family and I have a plot of land and was thinking about trying to learn orienteering as I figured it would be helpful

Thanks for the time and the video+editing! Clear pricise and to the point. Great balance. Appreciate the upload, helped me understand some fundamental basics that my 8th grade teacher in the 1990's never managed to explain in an understandable way, haha.✔👌🤘

Top Shelf Knowledge! Time to get out and EXPLORE😎

I love your content and would love to see more on this topic. Thank you Sir.

Awesome clear instructions !From a true HERO !

Informative to hear him differentiate between land nav and orienteering.

Use this skill all the time riding and especially when making and blazing new trail in the PNW.

Brings me back. Would definitely like to see more videos on the topic.

Thank you for your knowledge, and I wouldn't mind more on the topic. Thank you.

Army proof I like it. It's been so long since I've done any land nav this is a good refresher. Keep up the the good work.

This was awesome! Hard to believe you packed all that info in 9 min and 49 seconds.

Pat, great video, would definitely like to see more orienteering videos. As you highlighted, orienteering is a perishable skill and I it is one skill that I believe is not easily mastered.

Orienteering is awesome look for clubs in your area. We do the same route planning to train for national events. You nailed the terms And key details🤘🏼.

Great info Pat, and as usual everything is on point! One of the most useful things I learned in the Boy Scouts growing up was how to do my paces for 100 ft, how to read a contour map, using visual landmarks, reading a compass, accounting for declination etc. How to find direction when it's a cloudy day, using moss on trees. Most people have no clue about any of this.

🌟PatMac...glad you are such a good dude. You just get at it. love sharing your vids.🎩

More! Well done.

Fuck yeah!!! I was a mortar maggot for 10 years active. Being able to know what those contour lines represent in gradient and elevation are key when you're planning movement and plotting rounds. If you don't take into account the elevation difference between your firing position and the target it can be real bad for your guys.

thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us!!! i would like to see more content on this subject!!

Thanks for another handy video. I check out (pretty well) all your content, but an educational series about orienteering would definitely be must see tv. Thanks again! Best, Bob

Awesome brush stroke of knowledge right there! Thank you

Thanks for making this so accessible!

One thing I have learned in my time in the military (32 years) is that special forces guys are incredible teachers, they have a way of explaining things down to a level that is easily grasped in chunks big enough to take in without overwhelming ya. Thanks Mac!

I learned some of this in Boy Scouts long ago. Pat Mac would be an awesome Scoutmaster!

Excellent info! A few years back another RU-vidr, 'Corporals Corner' had a couple videos on land nav and using a compass in the woods and the counting beads, it was very informative, stuff I never knew (I'm a city boy). He was a US Marine so he knew the charts and all too. It's not very difficult once you know what to do, but I'm sure there are many of us in the modern-day have no clue. LOL. Always enjoy your videos, Pat!

I’ve seen a lot of these but this one really HIT. Thanks!

Fortunate and grateful that my father loved the outdoors and taught me some of these principles as a kid. Thanks for the video, brings back great memories.

I’d like to hear a lot more on this subject, thanks Pat!

I love the "Time Hack" stuff. That was new to me.

Love this - fascinating.

You do a great job of teaching sir! thanks much!

Awesome. Thanks for the explanation.

More of this please. Awesome stuff!!

This was fantastic, thanks

Thanks for the video!

Excellent!

Great presentation. I would like to see more. I compete in an event called Sniper Adventure Challenge, and this is the most compressed version of what people need to know.

Please do more of these videos. Love them

Always found maps beautiful can learn so much from them.

love this, Pat. I'd definitely like to see more. Thanks!

Great stuff. Even when everyone else hated Land Nav and tried to get out of it I always thought it was interesting and I miss it from my days in the Army. I'd like to take a class to relearn it. Please keep it up in the future👍👍

More please. Great summary, thx.

Yes sir! More please... Great stuff!

Thank you, sir.

Very cool, looking forward to more of these vids. I def need a refresher on all of this.

👍 Thanks for the free lesson !

Bro! Do more! This is awesome. I feel like you could do a whole class on this and in multiple layers. Thanks, Pat!

Fantastic Sir!!

Great instruction, Pat, thanks for posting class.

Thanks for the info Pat. I’ve always been interested in land navigation and orienteering so i found this insightful. I’d be interested in seeing more detailed videos on the subject. Keep up the great work!

Thank you Pat

Yes, I have been re-learning this information lately and would be grateful to see much more information on this. I am able to now plot gps coords on my topo-map, but am still not using just the map by itself. I want to get there with the GPS as a backup.

Amazing stuff!! 🙌🤘

Great information! Respect!

Love everything you're doing brother! Keep up the great work and thanks!

Thank you!!

Love the videos. I feel like they’re helping me prepare mentally for when I join.

Great vid Pat. I would like to see more of this stuff.

Definitely Good to understand this stuff

Great stuff Mac, would love to see more.

Pat, you ARE the man. This is key knowledge. Keep making these!

Thanks for sharing! My favorite land navigation! Hope all goes well for you and family.

Awesome info. Rock n roll out some more of these for sure!

Well presented! Thnk you.

Very much liked this. Please do more thank you

Awesome block with regards to measuring distance, deadreckoning, and some terrain features. Wld love to see more!

Great info and intro keep them coming 👍

Excellent presentation, please continue on with it

Great explanations there Pat.

You did a good job explaining. Very interesting subject.

We like this. And we want to get into it a lot more.

Love to see more, sir 🤘

I feel I could watch this particular type of video for hours.... love keeping in mind the tactical advantage...rock n roll you badass

Great Stuff, another one of those important skills that we are losing to technology and modern “devolution”.

Loved this clip - so much great data in a short package, explained clearly and easily digestable - more digestable than other orienteering lessons I've watched or read. Would love more lessons in land nav and orienteering!

Awesome! I would like to dive more into this topic.

Very important info!

Definitely part 2 sir!!!