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Tanner, Miles

 
9780762493968: Navigating With or Without a Compass: Using Bearings and Nature to Find Your Way
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ISBN 10: 0762493968 ISBN 13: 9780762493968
Editorial: Running Press Adult, 2019

Sinopsis

Finding your campsite, a spectacular view, or your way home can be difficult, especially when your phone or GPS malfunctions. But knowing how to use a magnetized compass, paper map, and the positions of the sun, moon, stars, and other practical aids in pathfinding will help outdoorsman find their way in almost any kind of terrain.

Navigating With or Without a Compass will teach you the basics of using that essential tool, such as the difference between true north and magnetic north based on where you are and using compass bearings from a map and in the field to determine location.

However if you find yourself without a compass, this handy guide will also give you natural signs and guideposts for pathfinding, such as the way the wind blows, trees grow, or flowers bloom. Also covered will be determining direction through reading the Sun and the shadows it forms, the position and stages of the Moon, and familiarizing oneself with the principal constellations to guide you and determine the time at night.

Perfect for the skilled woodsman or just a walk in the woods, Navigating With or Without a Compass is filled with tips and essential knowledge indispensable for hikers, campers, scouts and nature lovers.

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Acerca del autor

Miles Tanner is an avid outdoorsman who has written for numerous publications about survival and outdoor skills. He lives outside of Billings, Montana.

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Editorial
Running Press Adult
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0762493968
ISBN 13 
9780762493968
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
128
Contacto del fabricante
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