Find North with Sticks and Shadows - The Primitive Compass

With a few sticks and a little bit of sunshine, you can find North, South, East and West. This is done by simply tracking the movement of shadows.

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Thanks for watching!

[ares]

I got lost in Walmart today... Good thing I have wifi to watch this tutorial... Thanks bro

[chipsndip]

My dad taught me when I was very young that knowing all the methods for finding north is essential, but it's useless if you don't know the direction you need to be going. The lesson is to be completely trained and prepared before going on any hike or adventure into the wilderness. Awesome video sir!

[mwmulv]

"never said stick so much". The dry delivery was great my man.

The show "The English" brought me here, episode 2.

[atmyyoutube]

Good luck having a clear sunny day in the UK

[marceld]

This also explains why we call "Clockwise" what it is. Before clocks we had sundials. Anyone familiar with those understands that the shadow moves across them from West to East as the day passes. So, when they came up with the concept of clocks and watches, they had the hands move in the same direction as the shadow on a sundial.

[FluxApex]

This is really good. Much easier way of teaching it than some books
Edit: just realized this gem is 10 years old

[klhaldane]

May I suggest, having found your long straight stick and sharpened the small sticks, take them with you so you can reconfirm after walking. It’s easy to get off-line, especially in rough or treed areas.

[jaredhawke]

but good job on explaining something so well in 2 minutes that other youtubers take 15 minutes to explain, was always under the assumption that primitive survival skills were hard to learn, this looks do-able.

[timesgonetech]

I learned this in Boy scouts way back in 1965. Glad to see you youmg-uns are still keeping the old skills alive!😂

[ShoeManReview]

I have seen this method explained before but it never was thins in depth and concise. It must of been that fine animation you added! Anyway thank you for making this understandable and funny.. Word to ya mutha!

[albrigo]

Great video tutorial! Goes directly to the point, no blabla explaining during 5 minutes the history of sun sticks as seen in other videos...

[johnbrewer]

Who's here in 2024, when the algorithm decided to recycle this gem

[Idkwhtpsipto]

Thanks dude! I feel like we’ll need this soon enough at this rate 💪🏻

[IIISentorIII]

11 years ago, I got lost in the woods and never found my way out!

Thanks for the video.

[bevonostro................]

What a delightful exercise to share with a young child. And in those ten-minute waiting times, make smores...

[zstick]

Dang, man, this is legit stuff! Another great vid. Thanks, bruvva!

[montypythonish]

I'll probably never need this sweet, simple little tip but it's worth knowing. Excellent 👍🏼

[AVR]

Just to make a point, this shows a 'true' reading as there will be a magnetic variation.

[frankaaaa]

Thank you. Always love this trick. I learn this from a Army friend and alway try to teach my other friends this trick.😁😁😁😁

[aniksamiurrahman]

Amaging. This can be done using moonlight as well! And if one can track stars, then using some slanted stick in moonless night too. As the west to east is how our earth rotates!