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

The Essential Series--Your Trusted Guides "Puts the world of wilderness navigation in the palm of your hand."--Adventure West "Teaches the essential disciplines of compass and map-reading . . . but goes beyond the basics with useful, eye-opening advice on how to read nature's highway signs--vegetation bands, wind-whipped ripples in sand or snow, and the positions of the sun and stars."--Northeast Outdoors If you're at all unsure of your backwoods direction-finding skills, The Essential Wilderness Navigator is the guide you've been looking for. It teaches you how to observe--to see, smell, hear, and sense the details of the environment around you. Then, to supplement your newly enhanced sense of direction, you'll learn to read maps, use a compass, and find your location and route with reference to landmarks. This updated second edition also includes The basics of global positioning system (GPS) navigation and CD-ROM maps A full-color section on reading topographical maps Navigating in deserts, mountains, and snow Whether you're planning an extended wilderness trek or a day hike on marked trails, here's how to stay found.