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#FridayNightHangout – July 11 2014
Join us by grabbing a drink and go over some of the news items from the past week with the panel. This is an interactive #hangoutsonair where we take viewer comments via YouTube, google+, twitter and https://avoidingchores.com SHOW TOPICS What we are drinking tonight Hurricane Arthur Uber Arrives in Halifax Maritime Beer Report Bad Apple…
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Cape George Hiking Trails
Cape George Heritage Trails are a network of footpaths totalling 37kms about a half hour from Antigonish Nova Scotia. One of the first trails designed by local trail building guru Peter jackson, you park at the Cape George Heritage School along route 337.
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Friday Night Hangout from Avoiding Chores – June 27 2014 – Halifax Nova Scotia
What we are drinking tonight Peter MacKay forms minds and leaders, doesn’t change diapers. Bluenose II sneaks out for a test run Maritime Beer Report Garrison Stillwell Cask takeover wrapup. Right Some Good is in Halifax this weekend The big trip to Katahdin!
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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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#FridayNighthangout – June 27 2014
Join us by grabbing a drink and go over some of the news items from the past week with the panel. This is an interactive #hangoutsonair where we take viewer comments via YouTube, google+, twitter and https://avoidingchores.com SHOW TOPICS coming soon
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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.
