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The Ultimate Guite to Wilderness Navigation
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The Ultimate Guite to Wilderness Navigation

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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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