How do I narigate?

I love walking trips. I often get questions of how I navigate without seeing. I usually walk roads I know. When I do this I use certain points on the road as signs. When I get to a spesific point I know where I am and how I should turn.

If I walk places I'm not sure where I am I need to either bring someone who knows the way or I have to ask people where I am and which direction I should walk. It's rare I walk places I'm not sure where to walk. If I have to walk somewhere unknown to me I always try to bring someone else.

It happens from time to time, when I'm walking roads known to me, that I choose to try other roads. This is a bit of gambling. It is a huge help to me knowing how to use echo locating. This is similar to how bats navigate at night. I eithe make clicking noises with my mout, by snapping my fingers or when my cane hits the ground. I often use the sounds from the surrounding area.

This is a skill I thaught myself. It's inspired by hearing about other people being abke to use it, as well as the fictional character Daredevil. I started trying to figure out how to do this when I started losing my sight. It took me some years to really being able to use this, but I think that is much due to me having to figure out how to practice.

I have now created an introductionary course in how to learn this ability. In this course I talk about how I started and how I use it. We also do different exercises to show people how to practice and how it can be used. I'm not trying to say I'm a genious for creating this course, because I now know there are other people teaching similar courses. I've never attended one of these, but it would be fun.


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