{"id":31362,"date":"2018-02-21T11:09:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T16:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31362"},"modified":"2018-02-21T11:09:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T16:09:12","slug":"winter-survival-how-to-navigate-in-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31362","title":{"rendered":"Winter Survival: How to Navigate in the Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/winter-survival-how-to-navigate-in-the-snow_20022018\/\">Winter Survival: How to Navigate in the Snow<\/a><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45325\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snow-navigation.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snow-navigation.jpg 500w, http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snow-navigation-300x152.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"253\" \/><\/center><em>[<strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong> As winter rages on, it brings to highlight the importance of knowing how to navigate in snow and extreme winter weather. The worst-case scenario in this winter emergency is not knowing the terrain\u00a0and getting so lost you succumb\u00a0succumbing to exposure and possibly starvation because you don\u2019t have the <a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/the-green-berets-winter-survival-training-guide_06022017\/\">equipment<\/a> necessary for survival. Author, Jeremiah Johnson has outlined the essentials on how to navigate in the snow and what equipment you will need to protect yourself from exposure.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>ReadyNutrition Readers, I have written several articles in the past on <a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/land-navigation-finding-your-way-in-an-urban-environment-shtf-style_16082016\/\">land navigation fundamentals<\/a> and the importance of those basics.\u00a0 Most of those basics still hold true in the \u201cWinter Wonderland\u201d of the snow and ice: those basics merely need to be modified for the changes of the season.\u00a0 Once again, as with all things I recommend to you to practice these techniques and familiarize yourself with them prior to something coming up\u2026a significant event where you must do it.\u00a0 Practice does make perfect, and repetition promotes a good follow-through.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, how hard is it to navigate during\u00a0the winter?\u00a0 Well, it is tougher in several perspectives.\u00a0 First, with snow blanketing the landscape, the appearance of the terrain is changed.\u00a0 Secondly, the landscape is also physically altered: it is a different thing to walk across six inches to several feet of snow.\u00a0 Right now, where I live, I have almost three feet of snow on the ground.\u00a0 The winter weather conditions are another item: it\u2019s a far cry from a summer stroll when you walk into a cold wind that is throwing sleet right into your face in the middle of February.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Survival: How to Navigate in the Snow [Editor\u2019s Note: As winter rages on, it brings to highlight the importance of knowing how to navigate in snow and extreme winter weather. 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