Day 12: Using a anthill as a compass…
Finding north with an ant pile: Finding North with an ant pile can seem like a little bit of voodoo magic. I can assure you however it is all science. Oftentimes the things we don't understand seem like voodoo when in reality a little bit of knowledge turns Voodoo into something simple and understandable. Most animals adapt automatically to their environment over time. The fire ants of the South Western United States are no different. We all know that the sun rises in the east and sets in the West, distributing heat all day long into the late evening. In the morning it is the coldest part of the day, so you want your door to get as much heat into your home as possible. In the evening however it has been hot all day, and you want your door to get the least amount of sunlight possible to keep it cool inside. If we take into account the prevailing winds from the west to east and the temperature changes that happen affecting these winds in the morning and the evenings, then the most ideal position for your door entry on an ant hill is facing somewhere between South and Southeast. As long as the ant pile has not been run over by a car, or stepped on by something or the ant pile was not created in close proximity to a cliff wall or tree, then the absolute majority of these holes will be on the south Southeast side of the ant pile. With that in mind, while traveling in the desert if you take the average direction of all of the ant mound doorways you will see that they usually point somewhere South, Southeast. So why does this matter? Well if I have hiked into an area and I'm smart enough to know that I started from the south and moved North, then I find myself turned around and Confused in a Slot Canyon or lost in trees or otherwise lost somehow, I can then start taking an average of the direction of the and pile holes in order to figure out where South East it, which tells me where North is. When this happens, now all I have to do is head in the general direction from whence I came.
Step By Step finding north with anthill card…
Here is a flashlight I made that I believe every survivalist should have…
I put it on a massive discount so i could put it in more peoples hands grab now (click above)
