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You should of course have some sort of direction finder in the wilderness kit. But if you left it behind, or it stops working then this “Thumbdial” can work – it’s a sort of sundial in reverse…

The secret of the thumbdial is that it reveals the sun’s location by revealing it’s shadow.

Begin by standing in an open area and placing the tip of a knife blade on top of your thumbnail and rotate it slowly, watching for a slight shadow to be revealed on the matte textured surface. The location of the sun of course is on the opposite side of the knife blade from the shadow. The wide and narrow silhouette of the blade helps to accent this. The sun’s brightness is defused in fog but still maintains a brighter presence which is revealed by the very slight shadow.

You really do need to look hard for the shadow, because it’s very imperceptible, but it is there. Once you do learn this trick, you’ll have an incredible survival trick in your kit bag.

Learn more about this and other survival ideas at Survivaltek.

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