Wilderness Navigation Handbook

Wilderness Navigation Handbook
Author: Fred Touche
Publisher: Touche Publishing
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2005-09-28
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 097325274X

Designed for both land and water use, this comprehensive guide helps unlock the complexity of map and chart reading as it relates to navigation. Beginning with detailed technical descriptions of the tools of navigation—a compass, an altimeter, a GPS system, and a sextant—this handbook shows how to use these tools either individually or in combination with each other to navigate any area. Factors that cause tools and techniques to fail are discussed, such as why an altimeter often shows the wrong elevation, a GPS position is sometimes off track, and the sun often points in an unexpected direction. Twenty-one real-life scenarios provide practical wisdom for even the most intrepid navigator. Specific information on using the moon for directions and the stars for position, measuring boiling water temperature for elevation, map projections, map datums, great circle routes, and the UTM/UPS grid system is included.

Wilderness Navigation

Wilderness Navigation
Author: Bob Burns
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2004
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780898869538

A classic navigation tool returns, newly updated to reflect the latest advances in GPS technology and including everything a modern explorer of all skill levels needs to know about path finding, compasses, maps, and more. Original.

Essential Wilderness Navigation

Essential Wilderness Navigation
Author: Craig Caudill
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1624147208

All the Skills You Need to Navigate Unfamiliar Terrain *FULL-SIZE fold-out USGS map included for hands-on practice and training! Plus thick pages and color photography throughout.* Top wilderness trainers Craig Caudill and Tracy Trimble are here to help you find your way in nature in this must-have guide at a portable size and with thick, sturdy paper ideal for field-use. Using real-life stories of wilderness navigation successes—and cautionary tales of wilderness exploration gone awry—Craig and Tracy start with the basics of rudimentary compass and map use before teaching the finer points of these indispensable resources, making Essential Wilderness Navigation the ultimate go-to guide for explorers of all skill levels. You’ll also learn how technological aids like GPS and natural elements like flora, fauna and celestial bodies can help you identify your position. Armed with your new knowledge and skills, you will be well equipped to troubleshoot any problems, explore nature and become a master wilderness navigator. Get Craig Caudill's complete wilderness skills series! Extreme Wilderness Survival Essential Wilderness Navigation Ultimate Wilderness Gear

The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide

The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide
Author: Mark Harvey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1999-06-17
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0684859092

A guide for backpackers, hikers, and other wilderness buffs offers information on equipment and techniques, search and rescue methods, cooking, and safety.

Land Navigation Handbook

Land Navigation Handbook
Author: W. S. Kals
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2005
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Presents a comprehensive guide to land navigation and offers instruction on choosing and using a compass, reading topographic maps, measuring distances, and navigation using the sun and stars as well as providing a fold-out map, drawings, and photographs.

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

Ultimate Navigation Manual

Ultimate Navigation Manual
Author: Lyle Brotherton
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2011-09-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0007424612

Due to the level of detail, the images are best viewed on a tablet. All the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.

NOLS Wilderness Navigation

NOLS Wilderness Navigation
Author: Darran Wells
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0811710947

"NOLS Wilderness Navigation" gives you the skills you need to confidently find your way on and off the trail. Whether you are learning to use a map and compass or exploring the latest technology, this eay-to-follow guide is packed with essential information.

Staying Found

Staying Found
Author: June Fleming
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2001
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780898867855

-- Features many new charts and illustrations -- New contact information for purchasing maps in the U.S. and Canada This tried-and-true guide teaches practical skills for navigating in the wilderness: reading maps; determining "true" directions following

A Woman's Guide to the Wild

A Woman's Guide to the Wild
Author: Ruby McConnell
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 163217006X

Hike, camp, backpack, and navigate the wilderness like a pro with this fun and comprehensive survival guide for outdoors-women and fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild This fun, practical handbook covers everything from “feminine functions” (like dealing with your period and peeing in the woods) to staying safe (like protecting yourself from strangers). You'll also find chapters that help you prepare for—and make the most of—your time in the wilderness with information and advice on: • Gear lists • Personal Care • Camp setup • Fire building • Weather • Navigation • Food & Water Fun and informative, A Woman's Guide to the Wild will inspire you to get out on your own or with your girlfriends, explore the wilderness, and get a little dirty.