Orienteering 

"The devil's in the details." "This looks like a clearing on the map but this is new growth. Tree's aren't ten years old." The details always matter. I would've missed that.

Great description of a map; sounded like it could be a board answer

Bringing back memories. This is a valuable skill to teach your kids.

Considering the Unit selection I’m kinda surprised Pat would ever want to orienteer for recreation

Dude stuff, Rucking 10 miles with 2 cases of 5.56.....Building Commie Killer bumpers for the Dude Truck......Doing what the wife says without complaining.....

As a European orienteer, this makes me appreciate our maps so much more!

Don't need a map. When you're as great as I am you're always right where you're supposed to be. 🤣

With you, life is a learning experience, Pat. Thanks again, BDS Master 💪🏼😎🇺🇲

Thank you for doing these videos!

Love the land nav. videos.

Love it man looks like fun!!!

great video!! thanks for sharing you wealth of knowledge with us!!!

I know what to do but it's been a LONG time. Nice refresher sir.

Good on ya Bro! Nice refresher.

👍 Thanks for the free lesson

Great Stuff!

Always a pleasure

Interesting! Thank you.

I knew there was a reason God woke me up before the sun! So I could get my "bearings" hahahaha on the day!!!!! BAM!! Dad joke! Basic dude stuff! Now let's get pointed in the direction of success for life!!!! Thanks Pat, enjoy the day everyone!!!! "make it habitual!"

Haha I love CJ 🤣 if you put our initials.. I was thinking it looking like a heart as well..interesting video learned some interesting information

If you live in a relatively flat environment; try to augment USGS maps if available. Local GIS departments or soil and water conservation districts in my area have the ability to make 2ft contour interval maps on fairly recent aerial imagery. If they are good with GIS they can make them 1:24000 and project them the same as the USGS maps.

Currently teaching my influencer wife all the skills I have acquired about the great outdoors. 😂

As a maritime intelligence squad lead, I so fucking hate this part of leading. This brought back some very annoying memories lol. Easy to keep cool when you dont have your DI/DS or equivalents staring down at you and waiting for results. And youre gonna be pushing if you do or say something stupid of course. Nothing beats 20 push-ups in 4 am in the middle of the coldest and darkest winter night in the woods in full winter gear Its so hard keeping track where you are, especially in a place like Finland's forests. After 2 nights of no sleep, little food and being really cold in January, its time to plot the next patrol! Bring out the map, bring out the tools.. I really feel it for Cpt Sobel in Band of Brothers when he is utterly lost and the squad is staring down at a sheep farm Though thankfully my war-time mission will put me and my squad on some God-forsaken rock in the Baltic Sea, so getting lost in the wilderness is not really a thing. Just sit tight and wait for the anti-rad missiles to rain down upon us. Though if Russia's shortcomings in Ukraine have taught us anything, I think we will be fine.

Great video refresher PatMac ! Devil is in the details, be a good detective while following your map ! I have to ask what pants you rocking...are they good? Thanks again ,having trouble finding good tough pants these days ! Cheers 🤙👍

Thanks TMac

How would one acquire a map of this design for my area?

This is one skill my sons and i would slay at. Elk hunting the west makes what they are doing childs play. That ‘thick’ brush he was talking about!!! Haha. Right. Come orienteer with us Pat and you would think the amazon was open. Good stuff though.

Got some echoing in your audio.

Basic dude stuff.

Good shit! 👍