Survival Myth Busted! Finding Directions By the Moss on Trees

Moss grew on the west side of this stump.

One  of the pervasive folk legends about finding directions  in the  wilderness or woods, is that moss grows on a certain side of a tree or  rock.
Just find your way by observing where the moss is,  according to  this theory, and you won’t get lost. According to this traditional old “wisdom,” the moss is thickest on the  north side of a tree in the northern hemisphere. In the southern  hemisphere, the moss is thickest on the south side. Or so the story goes. I took my compass, and went to several different ecosystems; desert, rain forests, conifer forests and deciduous forests in the southeast to test this theory.
Here is what I found.

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Navigating a Topo Map

Do topographical maps seem confusing? Do you view most maps as a mass of squiggles, color splotches and undecipherable gibberish, with terms like: datum, UTM,  WGS84 and NAD27? In this article, land navigation expert Blake Miller explains how to make sense of your topo map!

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Make Your GPS More Efficient: Clean up the Clutter

Having too many waypoints stored on your GPS is like piling all your office files into a heap and expecting to find something when you need it. In the wilderness, you don't want to be sorting through Waypoints to decide where to go!
GPS expert Blake Miller gives some tips on the efficient way to use and store your Waypoints.

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Three Maps You Should Have in Your Bug Out Bag

If you just stuck a state highway map in your bug out bag and let it go at that, you could be in trouble later on. Here's three maps you should have along to make sure you don't get lost and that you stay found.

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