The Outward Bound map & compass handbook

✍ Scribed by Outward Bound, Inc.;Randall, Glenn

Publisher: Falcon Guides;Lyons Press
Year: 2005;2016
Tongue: English
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Understanding the drunken spider's web: how to read a topographic map -- 2. The magic needle: choosing and using a compass -- 3. Putting the needle to the drunken spider: using compass and map together -- 4. True north and the unfaithful needle: how to correct for declination -- 5. Bambi meets Godzilla: when theory meets the real world -- 6. Weighing air to find your way: altimeter navigation -- 7. Never get lost again? : how the global positioning system is revolutionizing backcountry navigation -- 8. Running with cunning: the sport of orienteering.

✦ Table of Contents

Understanding the drunken spider's web: how to read a topographic map --
2. The magic needle: choosing and using a compass --
3. Putting the needle to the drunken spider: using compass and map together --
4. True north and the unfaithful needle: how to correct for declination --
5. Bambi meets Godzilla: when theory meets the real world --
6. Weighing air to find your way: altimeter navigation --
7. Never get lost again? : how the global positioning system is revolutionizing backcountry navigation --
8. Running with cunning: the sport of orienteering.

✦ Subjects

Orienteering;Handbooks and manuals;Orienteering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

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