Mental Mapping - Navigating Using Mental Maps and Landmarks

This episode of Essential Survival Skills focuses on mental mapping — the ability to navigate using memory and landmarks when GPS or tools aren’t available. It teaches listeners how to build mental maps by observing terrain, using association, tracking distance and direction, and recognizing unique features. Techniques like the look-back method, sensory mapping, and sketching imagined maps are discussed. Mental mapping is essential in wilderness and urban survival, helping reduce panic, improve decision-making, and prevent getting lost in critical situations.