Product Details
Format: Paperback Book
Pages: 239, plus fold-out topographical map
Language: English
Size: 4.5" x 8"
Author: W.S. Kals with Clyde Soles
Comments: Sooner or later any outdoor enthusiast will need more than trail markers for guidance. This bestselling manual, now thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest developments in technology and equipment, is designed for anyone who wants to chart a course in the wilderness: hiker, backpacker, kayaker, skier, angler, or hunter. Step by step, it teaches the skills that enable you to answer the vital questions: Where am I now? Which way do I head to reach my destination? How far is it? And how long will it take me to get there?
Land navigation Handbook includes detailed information on:
*Reading and interpreting maps
*Choosing and using a compass
*Measuring distances and estimating travel times
*Determining and adjusting for local declination around the globe
*Using an altimeter
*Navigating by kayak on lakes and along shorelines
*Understanding GPS navigation and how to choose and use a
handheld GPS unit
*Ordering and printing maps from digital mapping software sources
*Navigating by means of the sun and stars
*Using techniques developed in orienteering and adventure racing to
enhance skills and problem solving
This handy guide also includes dozens of helpful drawings and photographs, as well as a full-color foldout topographic map for reference and practice.
Though much has changed, one thing certainly hasn't: The new edition of Land Navigation Handbook retains the solid information, spirit, and lively humor that made it a classic among outdoorspeople everywhere.
About the Author: W.S. Kals was a planetarium director and the author of Practical Navigation and the Stargazer's Bible, among other books. Clyde Soles has written four books for the Mountaineers and regularly contributes articles on outdoor equipment, nutrition, and fitness to publications such as Backpacker, Outside, Hooked on the Outdoors, and the online outdoor and fitness resource GearTrends. He also founded Trail Runner magazine and has been a senior editor at the climbing magazine Rock & Ice.
Publication Details
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Date of Publication: 2005
Published in Country: USA
Product Number: ISBN # 9781578051229
