Product Details
Format: Paperback Book
Pages: 160
Language: English
Size: 5.25" x 8.5"
Author: June Fleming
Comments: Map and compass skills are used in various ways, from a competitive meet on a charted course (called orienteering) to the wilderness wanderings of a solitary backpacker. The goal of this book is to show hikers, backpackers, and other outdoor roamers how to make practical use of map and compass, along with other routefinding skills in their travels. It deals with situations and problms they are likely to encounter and provides answers to their particular needs.
Staying Found 3rd ed. is one easy to understand handbook, all the skills you need to find your way in the wilderness.
*Reading maps
*Determining true directions
*Following bearings, backbearings, and baselines
*Using nature as a guide
*Teaching kids to "stay found"
*Coping if you really are lost
About the Author: June Flemming has taught and written about outdoor skills for twenty-fove years. She leads backpacking and snow camping trips in the Pacific Northwest through Portland, Oregon park bureau.
Publication Details
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Date of Publication: 2001
Published in Country: USA
Product Number: ISBN # 0898867851
