The Essential Wilderness Navigator: How to Find Your Way in the Great Outdoors, Second Edition
Now with full-color topographic maps and featuring the latest on electronic navigation, The Essential Wilderness Navigator is the clearest and most up-to-date route-finding primer available. Providing readers with exercises for developing a directional ?sixth sense,' tips on mastering the art of map- and compass-reading, and comprehensive updates on a range of technological advances, this perennially popular guide is more indispensable than ever.
The Essential Wilderness Navigator: How to Find Your Way in the Great Outdoors, Second Edition Accessories
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Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass
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SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea
Suunto MC-2G Global Compass
Silva Guide 426 Compass
U.S. Army Map Reading and Land Navigation Handbook
Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & Gps (Mountaineers Outdoor Basics)
Brunton Classic Compass
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The Essential Wilderness Navigator: How to Find Your Way in the Great Outdoors, Second Edition Reviews
Although I have not yet finished reading the entire book, the parts I have read were well written. The appendix lists other books and sources of related information. The book is well organized and informative. There were numerous illustrations to help explain the text.
I guess the only thing I disagree with is a statement that a compass almost never breaks, as I have several that have been retired over breakage. I have been using a compass for many years but I always thought there was much more than I knew. If you want to trust a compass this is the book for you, but plan on spending some time with it. I went to using GPS for all my navigation a few years ago. I have carried it with me for 2 years now. I carry 2-3 with me now as I guess I'm not disposed to trust any one navigational instrument.
I am buying this book for my son-in law as he relies exclusively on a GPS. I find that what I think I have learned is easily wrong when out in the field so I now carry it with me and practice the stuff I am unsure of. I reread certain chapters over and over, finding I have glossed over something that is more important than I originally thought. I quickly ran through the other 2, and although they were good they were not as complete as this one. I purchased 3 books on compass usage a couple years ago after my wife and I broke my GPS during a snowstorm in the mountains of Colorado leaving us in a bad mess. Some people think this book is wordy but I find it fascinating.
For those looking for a concise guide to map and compass use, look elsewhere. This book is rambling and wordy.
But it is unlikely it'd be your last. If the writing were tighter, the details would stand out better. It strikes me otherwise, and feels wordy, and in places little more than fluff. The relaxed, conversational pace of this book may appeal to some readers. For some readers this may be enough. Those details are there and worth getting. It is a good introduction in that sense. If you are inclined to read more than one book on any subject you're interested in, then this may be helpful as one of the first books on navigation you might read.
It taught me a lot about map reading, how to use a compass, and also how to be more aware of my surroundings. Great book. Read it before I went on a backpacking trip to Colorado. I would suggest this book to anyone who backpacks or does day trips.
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