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#GetOutside champion Steve Backshall teaches you how to use a compass to take a bearing and find out which direction you need to go to get from one point on ...
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- Ordnance Survey
A simple video demonstrating how to take a compass bearing and then apply it the ground and follow it accurately until you reach your destination. A really u...
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- Paul Poole Mountaineering
Set and adjust your compass to guide you on a bearing in whatever direction you want in relation to Magnetic North. I show you how to adjust your compass to ...
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- Chris Terrell
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Locate on your OS Map the bearing you want to take. So if I was standing at the blue circle (A) and wanted to walk to the purple circle (B) using a compass bearing, I first need to simply locate both A and B on the map.
Find out which way on the map is North. You can do this easily, just make sure the text is the correct way up, so you can read it, then North is pointing to the top of the map.
Twist the round bit on the compass (called the compass housing) until the lines inside the compass housing are parallel to the lines on your map and that the big red arrow marked on the compass housing (not the red needle that actually moves, ignore that) points to the north of your map.
Double check you have done step four correctly. The biggest mistake people make when taking a bearing is they get the lines in the compassing housing parallel to the lines on the map but they forget to check the big red arrow points to the north of the map (and actually it is pointing south).
You have your bearing, well done. That is all you have to do to take a bearing using a map and compass. If you want to learn how to then follow a bearing please read our “How to follow a bearing” article.
Aug 11, 2016 · To reach the summit, you find the bearing on your map between the hut and the summit — exactly 45 degrees. You transfer that bearing to the field, and begin to hike in that direction. To reach Mt. Washington from Lake of the Clouds Hut in a whiteout, take a bearing on the map (45 degrees) and transfer it to the field.
Feb 2, 2021 · Step 1: Identify the landmark that you want to take the bearing of (i.e., your destination). Step 2: Hold the compass in front of you, ensuring that it is level and away from any metallic objects, and turn your entire body so that the direction of travel arrow on the compass points directly at the landmark. Step 3: Rotate the circular bezel of ...
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Orient your map and compass. Turn your compass dial until it shows N at the index mark1 under the direction-of-travel arrow2. Line up a side edge of your compass with the map’s vertical gridlines3. Next, holding the map and compass, turn your body until the red arrow is inside the red “shed”4.
