Wilderness Navigation Handbook

Wilderness Navigation Handbook
ISBN-10
0973252707
ISBN-13
9780973252705
Category
Sports & Recreation
Pages
204
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Touche Publishing
Authors
Anne Price, Fred Touche

Description

Relying heavily on graphics, this authoritative text covers more wilderness navigation topics than any other book on the market. It provides detailed technical descriptions of navigation tools -- maps, charts, compass, altimeter, GPS, and sextant -- and step-by-step procedures on how use these tools individually and in combination with each other. Factors that cause tools and techniques to fail are discussed. One full chapter dwells into the complexities and limitations of celestial navigation, while another chapter describes natural navigation techniques -- if you aren't carrying any navigation tools, don't give up hope. The last two chapters deal exclusively with practical navigation. The last chapter, which is quite entertaining, describes real life scenarios, some of which the author has vividly experienced.

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