Posts Tagged ‘Staying Found’

Three Maps You Should Carry in Your Emergency Survival Bag

Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Leon

Three Maps You Should Carry in Your Emergency Survival Bag

If you just stuck a state road map in your Bug Out Bag, then you should reconsider and take the three types of maps that should be in your survival gear:

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How to Choose Your First GPS

Posted on April 5th, 2010 by Leon

How to Choose Your First GPS

Every GPS has basic features. All the rest is bells and whistles. And it will be up to you to determine which ones are important, and which ones you really need.

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Improve Your GPS Skills Now

Posted on March 29th, 2010 by Leon

Spring is the perfect time to practice and improve your Global Positioning System skills!

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Simple Survival Tips For Using a Map and Compass

Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Leon

Simple Survival Tips For Using a Map and Compass

It’s really hard to think, and reason out what to do next when there’s this awful, nauseating realization that you may be lost in the wilderness. Suppose you have a map and compass along, and a basic idea of how to use them. But maybe you didn’t think about using the navigation tools until it was too late…

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Scientists Reveal the Real Reason Why We Walk in Circles When Lost

Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by Leon

Now, the popular belief that people in unfamiliar surroundings tend to walk round in circles has been confirmed by scientists. Good info here from the “Times Online.”

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Leave a Note, Save Your Life!

Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by Leon

Leave a Note, Save Your Life!

If nobody knows you’ve gone, or where to look, or when you might be back, it could be a long wait to be rescued! An detailed note about your proposed outing should be standard operating procedure.

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