Backpacker Magazine's Trailside Navigation: Map and Compass (Backpacker Magazine Series) - Softcover

Absolon, Molly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762756543 ISBN 13: 9780762756544

Publisher: Falcon Guides, 2010

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

Backpacker magazine's Trailside Navigation brings you essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-related information. Learn how to choose and use a compass and altimeter, read a map, plot a course and find your way through the wilderness, and use maps and compass in concert with a GPS receiver. Perfect for pack or pocket, this book breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full-color photos and illustrations complement concise, clear text, introducing you to basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Falcon Guides
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762756543
• ISBN 13: 9780762756544
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88