Navigation: Using your map and compass - Softcover

Hawkins, Pete

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852844906 ISBN 13: 9781852844905

Publisher: Cicerone Press, 2017

Synopsis

This practical handbook to navigation - the techniques of using map and compass - will help you master the key skills necessary for walking and mountaineering in the mountains. As a small, pocket guide, this is an ideal companion to take into the hills, and since practice will make perfect, time spent navigating will provide the freedom and confidence to enjoy our hills and mountains. Chapters include instruction in map reading, taking bearings, route planning, navigation at night or in bad weather, as well as details on GPS navigation. Navigation is a fundamental skill, and with this handbook, you can enjoy exploring the wilds with confidence.

The guidebook is small and lightweight, with a PVC jacket and comes complete with a Navigational Aid card. With full-colour diagrams and photography throughout, this handbook will have you enjoying the hills to their utmost.

The author, Pete Hawkins, is a qualified mountain leader, freelance journalist and the author of 'Map and Compass' published by Cicerone. He writes the monthly navigation column for a leading leading walking magazine.

About this title

About the Author

Pete Hawkins trained as a geography teacher and taught in schools for a year before escaping to the Peak National Park's Environmental Centre for an outdoor job. As a navigation instructor he has taught both beginners how to read a map and compass and the more experienced how to hone their navigation skills. He runs the Silva-sponsored Silva Navigation School from his Peak District home. He has written for a variety of outdoor magazines, has worked for the BBC as a local radio reporter and leads walking holidays both at home and around the world.

From the Inside Flap

Pete Hawkins has been teaching walkers to navigate for over 21
years. He runs Peakland Walking Holidays - which offers short-break
walking holidays in the Peak District National Park - and the
Silva-sponsored Map and Compass Courses, both from his home village of
Tideswell. He also leads walking holidays around the world.
As a writer and journalist he has contributed to a variety of outdoor
magazines for many years as well as contributing to BBC local radio on a
regular basis. This is his second book.

Other Cicerone books by the author
Map and Compass; the art of navigation

Edition details

• Publisher: Cicerone Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852844906
• ISBN 13: 9781852844905
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128