Master celestial navigation, make a DIY bed in the backcountry, improve your night vision, and more.
July 19, 2022
Master celestial navigation, make a DIY bed in the backcountry, improve your night vision, and more.
How To Master Nighttime Navigation
Christopher Nyerges shows you how to find your way with the stars. Learn how to locate the not-very-bright North Star, how to use Orion to orient yourself to east and west, and practice your night navigation skills at home.
Although there are many ways to persuade Mother Nature to help you find your way during the day, there are only a handful of methods you can employ to find out which way is north at night. Ryan Price schools you on the options.
“Your natural, naked eye has its own night-vision capabilities that are actually pretty top-notch — if you know how to enhance and harness them.” [Art of Manliness]
If you have one or more of these signs of nyctophobia, you might need some help to get past your fear of the dark. Michael D'Angona shares some techniques for getting over a fear that about one in 10 people face.
Lessons Learned from 1977’s New York City Blackout
A hot July busted the electrical grid. When the power went out, so did air conditioners, freezers and televisions. With an ever-increasing demand on an aging electrical grid, it is not a matter of if, but when, the next massive blackout strikes a major metropolitan area.
“The first bushcraft-style bed most of us make out of the gate is a raised log bed,” writes Reuben Bolieu. Four Y sticks, two support crossbars, and several long bed poles between two trees is a swamp bed, for example.
Dave Canterbury of Self Reliance Outfitters and the Pathfinder School has another way to make a raised bed without cordage. Watch his YouTube video to see how it’s done.
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