Backpacker Magazine''s Trailside Navigation - Map and Compass

Informationen zum Autor Molly Absolon is a former NOLS instructor, an environmental educator, and outdoor writer. She is the author of the Backpacker Magazine Core Skills books Campsite Cooking, Trailside Navigation, Trailside First Aid, and Outdoor Survival.  Klappentext Backpacker's Trailside Navigation informs readers about choosing and using a compass; basic map reading skills; plotting a course and finding your way through the wilderness; using stars to navigate rivers, streams and trails at night; using maps and compass in concert with a GPS receiver. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages, includes two popouts, and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior. Zusammenfassung Perfect for pack or pocket! this book breaks down its subject into the essential topics! providing practical and portable information useful in the field.

Product details

• Authors: Molly Absolon, Absolon Molly
• Assisted by: Dave Anderson (Photographs)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2010
• EAN: 9780762756544
• ISBN: 978-0-7627-5654-4
• No. of pages: 88
• Series: Backpacker Magazine Series; Backpacker Magazine; Backpacker Magazine Series; Backpacker Magazine
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, Walking, hiking, trekking, SPORTS & RECREATION / Hiking, TRANSPORTATION / Navigation, Active outdoor pursuits, Navigation & Seamanship