The Essential Wilderness Navigator: How to Find Your Way in the Great Outdoors, Second Edition

The Essential Wilderness Navigator: How to Find Your Way in the Great Outdoors, Second Edition
by David Seidman, Paul Cleveland

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Author: David Seidman, Paul Cleveland
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-12-28
ISBN: 0071361103
Number of pages: 173
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

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Book Review: Essential to using a compass
Summary: 5 Stars

I have been using a compass for many years but I always thought there was much more than I knew. I went to using GPS for all my navigation a few years ago. 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.
I quickly ran through the other 2, and although they were good they were not as complete as this one. I have carried it with me for 2 years now. 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. Some people think this book is wordy but I find it fascinating. I reread certain chapters over and over, finding I have glossed over something that is more important than I originally thought.
If you want to trust a compass this is the book for you, but plan on spending some time with it.
I am buying this book for my son-in law as he relies exclusively on a GPS.
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 carry 2-3 with me now as I guess I'm not disposed to trust any one navigational instrument.

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Summary of 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.

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