Could you make it?

Er, LOL Boobook
Just need to know your light hand from your left mate:-)

Yeah, finding direction with a digital watch.

Go to a vertical cliff edge, turn your back to it. Remove your digital wrist watch and toss it over your left shoulder. That means your watch has gone West, so East must be directly in front of you!

That's easy, my light hand glows in the dark....where's the fun in an edit feature eh?

This is my plan B. Works well during the day but challenged at night.

Thanks for the link Rowdy6032
Had the privilege of knowing Bert many years ago (1978) He used to teach us martial arts and was a very competent man. Trouble with Bert he too often had an inclination to demonstrate a question and many found themselves laying on the ground (5912)

The method you have quoted is for the NORTHERN hemisphere ONLY doesn't work in Southern hemisphere


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSPtnAN9G7s

Sorry

I am referring to the analogue watch method :-)

I think the watch method can be adapted to southern hemisphere. You just have to practice it a few times to learn the correct methodology.

From the WA police Survival guide linked to in an earlier reply:

Sun Movement
The sun’s position north or south of the equator is called declination. It is furthest
north on June 21, crosses the equator on September 21, is farthest south on December
21 and re-crosses the equator on its way north on March 21. Any east–west line
indicated when the sun crosses the equator on the 21 March and the 21 September will
be accurate.
WATCH METHOD
To find north using your watch simply -
1. Stand holding your wristwatch horizontal with the figure 12 pointing at the sun
2. Bisect the angle between the hour hand and the 12 O'clock position
3. The line will indicate approximately north and is accurate within 5-8 degrees
Direction Finding Using A Wrist Watch
Note:
This method will not apply to areas north of the Tropic of Capricorn during the
period of the midsummer equinox for your area.

that's why I included the video it shows BOTH methods - completely different to each other

One points the HOUR hand at the sun (Northern Hemisphere) the other (southern hemisphere) points the 12 O'clock numeral at the sun

On a similar note, I was a maths teacher for 40 years and spent a great deal of time trying to teach kids long division. Then along came common use of calculators, but the comment from old school was ' what happens if your batteries go flat'. You buy new batteries of course. While still struggling myself with many modern technologies, I try to embrace it and find a way for it to be an advantage for me and improve my quality of life. If it doesn't, I stick with the old.

When people ask me about the flat battery thing, I ask if we should be teaching mechanics how to shoe a horse, 'Just in case'!

Sorry if it sounded like I was having a go at your exercise. I wasn't. I thought you did good. It just got me thinking about other places where things can happen.
I even started rereading a few survival books I had here to see what I could remember.

BTW.
I forgot a bit. lol