GI Hunt and Camp Gear Info

Field Expedience!

Whenever in the outdoors, I would suggest that you always have access to a compass. However, if you find yourself in a situation needing to know the correct orientation for travel and you haven’t got a compass, there is a technique called the Sun/Watch method that I’ve found extremely reliable.

Process:

• Remove the analog watch from your arm;

• Point the hour hand at the sun;

• While holding the watch like this, half the distance between the hour hand and the number 12 (watch dial) points South.

If you are wearing a digital watch, draw a watch face with correct time on a piece of paper and follow procedures above to determine the proper orientation.