Navigation in the Mountains

Navigation in the Mountains
Author: Carlo Forte
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2014-04-28
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0954151186

Navigation in the Mountains - The Definitive Guide for Hill Walkers, Mountaineers & Leaders is the official navigation book for all Mountain Training schemes. Packed with essential information and techniques, this handbook is split into sections including: all aspects of mountain navigation; the additional techniques required in winter; adaptations in navigation techniques for use overseas; the use of GPS; digital mapping; and the teaching of navigation. This book is the reference tool for all walkers who wish to maintain or improve their navigation techniques as well as containing specific ideas for anyone wanting to help teach and lead others. Its functional design with easy reference colour coded pages, striking illustrations that complement the text and inspiring photographs make this book an indispensable guide. It is the fourth in a series of manuals and has been written and compiled by Carlo Forte, the Chief Instructor at the National Mountain Centre, Plas y Brenin, and it is published by Mountain Training UK.

Mountain Navigation

Mountain Navigation
Author: Peter Cliff
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1991
Genre: Hiking
ISBN: 9781871890556

Survive

Survive
Author: Justin Lichter
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2016-04-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1493015656

Lightweight and small enough to fit in your pocket or tucked into your backpack, Survive Mountains is the must-have item to keep with you in case you find yourself in a mountainous survival situation. Including topics on administering basic first-aid, finding food and water, building shelter, and mental preparation, Survive Mountains also has full-color images and illustrations throughout. Expert hiker, and first-ever winter thru-hiker of the entire Pacific Crest Trail, Justin Lichter gives you the absolute essential information needed to get you home safely. Inside you’ll find: How to build fire, construct shelter, find water, and get food Navigation, orienteering, and signaling Worst-case-scenario advice for precarious situations Tips for common trail concerns, from lightning to blisters

The Essential Wilderness Navigator: How to Find Your Way in the Great Outdoors, Second Edition

The Essential Wilderness Navigator: How to Find Your Way in the Great Outdoors, Second Edition
Author: David Seidman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2001-01-18
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0071542892

Now with full-color topographic maps and featuring the latest on electronic navigation, The Essential Wilderness Navigator is the clearest and most up-to-date route-finding primer available. Providing readers with exercises for developing a directional ‘sixth sense,’ tips on mastering the art of map- and compass-reading, and comprehensive updates on a range of technological advances, this perennially popular guide is more indispensable than ever.

Finding Your Way Without Map Or Compass

Finding Your Way Without Map Or Compass
Author: Harold Gatty
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1998-12-23
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780486406138

Shows how to determine locations in the wilderness, in a desert, in snow-covered areas, and on the ocean, applying methods used by aboriginal peoples and early explorers

Safety on Mountains

Safety on Mountains
Author: Jon Garside
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Mountaineering
ISBN: 9780903908191

'Safety on Mountans' is full of advice for hill walkers. It highlights the essential skills and techniques needed to survive whilst on a mountainside. Topics covered include emergency procedures, first aid, crampon use, access and conservation and much more.

Prepper's Survival Navigation

Prepper's Survival Navigation
Author: Walter Glen Martin
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781612436722

An easy-to-understand primer on time-tested navigation techniques that work when your GPS fails When disaster strikes and your GPS is useless, ancient navigation techniques will ensure your survival. With this book, you can easily travel through even the farthest, remotest places. Utilizing tips from US Army manuals and lifelong wilderness experts, you’ll learn lifesaving navigation techniques, including how to: • Orient yourself using a topographical map • Find north using a compass, shadows and stars • Calculate distance using landmarks and pace count • Navigate unfamiliar terrain using dead reckoning • Travel in low visibility with a navigator and point person • Use landscape features to pinpoint location This definitive guide to terrain navigation also teaches you essential survival skills like fire craft, water procurement and shelter making.

At the Mountain's Base

At the Mountain's Base
Author: Traci Sorell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2019-09-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0735230609

A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots. At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war. With an author's note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred "Millie" Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.

Navigation

Navigation
Author: Pete Hawkins
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2024-05-13
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1783627883

This conveniently sized guide is an invaluable point of reference for all walkers. Written by an author with a wealth of experience teaching navigation skills, it provides a clear and comprehensive guide to the key techniques - giving you the confidence to navigate successfully with map and compass and to plan and execute your own routes. All topics are clearly referenced and easy to find. Chapters cover scales and grids, map symbols and contours, compasses, bearings, navigation on the hill, route planning and night and bad weather navigation. This new edition also incorporates new content on walking with a GPS device, with notes on how technology can complement map and compass. The text is illustrated with explanatory photos and diagrams as well as extracts from real maps and map keys, and - since the best way to learn is through experience - throughout the guide, practical exercises are suggested to help you practise and develop your skills. Perfect both for novices seeking an introduction to navigation and also those wishing to brush up on old skills, this book is an indispensable companion to mastering the essential techniques. These valuable skills will enhance not only your safety but also your enjoyment of the outdoors.

White Mountain Guide

White Mountain Guide
Author: Steven D. Smith
Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2012
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781934028445

This fully updated, comprehensive hiking guide is the most trusted resource available for hiking trails in the White Mountain National Forest. Includes three high-quality, GPS-rendered, pull-out maps.