Category: Outdoors
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Map & Compass – How to Convert lat/lon to Decimal Format
Whether you are using Google Maps, GSAK or geocaching.com, sometimes you need to convert a set of coordinates from the latitude / longitude format to the decimal format.
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Map & Compass – How To Determine Bearing Using UTM
In this video, I’ll quickly show you how to determine the bearing (direction of travel) from 2 points using paper & pen. At the end, I’ll show you how to get the same as answer on your GPS. This is part 2 of my previous video on using UTM to measure the distance between 2…
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How To Estimate Distance Without a GPS When Hiking With Map & Compass
In this video, I’ll show you how to estimate distance without a GPS when using map & compass while hiking. This was something I learned when volunteering at the halifax search & rescue as part of the woodslore training that volunteers had to do.
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Map & Compass – Navigation Leapfrog Technique
In this video, we’ll look at the leapfrog technique for map & compass navigation/ This is used when you have a partner navigating in a wooded area where it can be easy to get off course as you go around tress or other obstacles.
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Garmin Forerunner 220 – How To Tutorials
We got our hands on the Garmin Forerunner 220, the latest generation running GPS watch from Garmin. We have included some tutorials to show you how certain features work either before you buy or have the watch on order.
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5 Smartphone Apps to Use on Your Next Hiking Adventure
We are using our smartphones more and more while hiking to perform many tasks we used to reserve for multiple devices or hauling paper. I’ll be looking at a few iOS apps which I use pretty much at every hike, some have an Android version or you can find an equivalent.
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Garrison Brewing – Spruce Beer
The First Batch Was lucky enough to get my hands on a bottle of Spruce Beer from Garrison. This was a small production run. The batch was in high demand and they sold out within two days. This video shows my experience. The spruce taste reminded me of when I had to go into the…
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Garmin Forerunner 220 – How to Start Your First Run
In this video, we will look at how to start your first run using the Garmin Forerunner 220.
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Garmin inReach Explorer – Map Page
We will take a look at the new Map page feature found on the Delorme inReach Explorer.
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Boxing Rock – The Vicar’s Cross DIPA
We are reviewing a fan favorite here in Nova Scotia – Boxing Rock’s The Vicar’s Cross – Double IPA. It’s pretty hard to find this in stores. We were at a recent food pairing event featuring Boxing Rock and it was the first time I witnessed people applauding when this beer came out. Coming in…