my name is Hillary O’Neal and I am a professional ski Mountaineer and
professional ski Mountaineer and
professional ski Mountaineer and adventurer and today we are going to
adventurer and today we are going to
adventurer and today we are going to talk about backcountry navigation there
talk about backcountry navigation there
talk about backcountry navigation there are a lot of uses in many different
are a lot of uses in many different
are a lot of uses in many different environments that would require some
environments that would require some
environments that would require some level of skill and backcountry
level of skill and backcountry
level of skill and backcountry navigation it’s incredibly important to
navigation it’s incredibly important to
navigation it’s incredibly important to understand the basics of backcountry
understand the basics of backcountry
understand the basics of backcountry navigation so that you can be
navigation so that you can be
navigation so that you can be self-sufficient in any adventure you
self-sufficient in any adventure you
self-sufficient in any adventure you choose to go on map and compass or
choose to go on map and compass or
choose to go on map and compass or orienteering is almost a sport in and of
orienteering is almost a sport in and of
orienteering is almost a sport in and of itself you start it before you even
itself you start it before you even
itself you start it before you even leave or pack your bag you can
leave or pack your bag you can
leave or pack your bag you can essentially plot your route out before
essentially plot your route out before
essentially plot your route out before you get into the field if for whatever
you get into the field if for whatever
you get into the field if for whatever reason you lose your place on the map
reason you lose your place on the map
reason you lose your place on the map then it’s incredibly important to
then it’s incredibly important to
then it’s incredibly important to understand how to read a map to place
understand how to read a map to place
understand how to read a map to place yourself on that map when you’re in the
yourself on that map when you’re in the
yourself on that map when you’re in the backcountry when you’re out and you’re
backcountry when you’re out and you’re
backcountry when you’re out and you’re using Sun navigation you’re basing your
using Sun navigation you’re basing your
using Sun navigation you’re basing your directions off of the time of day and
directions off of the time of day and
directions off of the time of day and where the Sun is based on that time of
where the Sun is based on that time of
where the Sun is based on that time of day a general rule of thumb with Sun
day a general rule of thumb with Sun
day a general rule of thumb with Sun navigation as the width of your hand
navigation as the width of your hand
navigation as the width of your hand equals about an hour you can gauge what
equals about an hour you can gauge what
equals about an hour you can gauge what time it is based on how many hand leads
time it is based on how many hand leads
time it is based on how many hand leads you from your horizon to where the Sun
you from your horizon to where the Sun
you from your horizon to where the Sun is in the sky
the simplest most straightforward modern
the simplest most straightforward modern way of navigating would be using
way of navigating would be using
way of navigating would be using electronics I use a Gaia GPS app and
electronics I use a Gaia GPS app and
electronics I use a Gaia GPS app and that allows you to download maps so that
that allows you to download maps so that
that allows you to download maps so that would fear out in the backcountry and
would fear out in the backcountry and
would fear out in the backcountry and you’re out of service you still have
you’re out of service you still have
you’re out of service you still have access to the map the one thing with all
access to the map the one thing with all
access to the map the one thing with all electronical navigation is that they are
electronical navigation is that they are
electronical navigation is that they are battery-powered and so I always have a
battery-powered and so I always have a
battery-powered and so I always have a compass and a map in my backpack as
compass and a map in my backpack as
compass and a map in my backpack as backup it’s important to practice these
backup it’s important to practice these
backup it’s important to practice these in an environment that you know and are
in an environment that you know and are
in an environment that you know and are familiar with and then get outside and
familiar with and then get outside and
familiar with and then get outside and get lost and use navigation to find your
get lost and use navigation to find your
get lost and use navigation to find your way back home
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