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Survival Skillset

Lesson 2 of 15

Shadow stick: east, west and true noon

40 min

Two people are lost in the same patch of forest on the same sunny afternoon. One stares at the sun, guesses "south-west, ish" and sets off. The other pushes a stick into a clearing, marks the end of its shadow with a pebble, eats a snack, marks it again twenty minutes later and draws a line between the two pebbles. The second person has spent twenty minutes and now knows…

In this lesson

  • The shadow-stick tip method
  • What it is
  • Why it works
  • How
  • Does the stick need to be upright?
  • How accurate is it?
  • Common mistakes
  • The equal-shadow method
  • When to use it
  • Why it is more accurate
  • The noon shadow method
  • The catch

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