**mountain navigation: Using your map and compass: 0 (Cicerone Mini-guides) - Tapa blanda

Hawkins, Pete

 
9781852844905: **mountain navigation: Using your map and compass: 0 (Cicerone Mini-guides)
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 1852844906 ISBN 13: 9781852844905
Editorial: Cicerone Press, 2007

Sinopsis

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.

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Acerca del autor

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.

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Editorial
Cicerone Press
Año de publicación
2007
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1852844906
ISBN 13 
9781852844905
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
128
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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