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The Ultimate Guite to Wilderness Navigation
Item # 690876
$19.95
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
Made in USA.
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