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| Read 2 Retailer DescriptionsFrom REI:This book offers clear, concise advice on how to safely navigate the backcountry. Covers GPS units, maps, compasses and survival. - Authors: Scottie Barnes, Cliff Jacobson and James Churchill
- Softcover; 189 pages; 54 illustrations, 39 black-and-white photos
- The Globe Pequot Press; copyright 2002
- Divided into three sections: how to use GPS units; how to find your way with map and compass; and how to survive in the backcountry
- GPS section details how to leave an electronic trail to find your way back and how to store the coordinate addresses of important locations
- GPS section also details how to use your GPS receiver in conjunction with a map and compass and how to find the receiver that best suits your needs
- Map and compass section details how to choose and use the type of compass that's right for the situations you frequently encounter
- Also details how to read and understand contour lines and other map features, plus how to plot a course and find your way through the wilderness
- Survival section teaches techniques for building a fire in any situation, with or without matches, plus how to find safe sources of potable water
- Survival section also details how to forage and trap for food, build a shelter to survive the elements, and signal for help
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From REI:This book offers clear, concise advice on how to safely navigate the backcountry. Covers GPS units, maps, compasses and survival. - Authors: Scottie Barnes, Cliff Jacobson and James Churchill
- Softcover; 189 pages; 54 illustrations, 39 black-and-white photos
- The Globe Pequot Press; copyright 2002
- Divided into three sections: how to use GPS units; how to find your way with map and compass; and how to survive in the backcountry
- GPS section details how to leave an electronic trail to find your way back and how to store the coordinate addresses of important locations
- GPS section also details how to use your GPS receiver in conjunction with a map and compass and how to find the receiver that best suits your needs
- Map and compass section details how to choose and use the type of compass that's right for the situations you frequently encounter
- Also details how to read and understand contour lines and other map features, plus how to plot a course and find your way through the wilderness
- Survival section teaches techniques for building a fire in any situation, with or without matches, plus how to find safe sources of potable water
- Survival section also details how to forage and trap for food, build a shelter to survive the elements, and signal for help
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Proceed with confidence when heading off-road or off-trail. Whether you are climbing a glacier, orienteering in the backcountry, or on an easy day hike, Mike and Bob Burns cover all the latest technology and time-tested methods to help you learn to navigate-from how to read a map to compasses and geomagnetism. Features: - GPS chapter completely updated to reflect newer models and features of GPS receivers now available
- Expanded to include a section on route finding on glaciers, along with additional information on changing declination
- Extensive illustrated examples of orientation and navigation
- 144 Pages
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