Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & Gps (Mountaineers Outdoor Basics) [Paperback]

Bob Burns (Author), Mike Burns (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mountaineers Outdoor Basics | Publication Date: July 14, 2004

·GPS chapter completely updated to reflect newer models and features of GPS receivers now available
·Expanded to include a section on routefinding on glaciers, along with additional information on changing declination
·Extensive illustrated examples of orientation and navigation

Proceed with confidence when heading off-road or off-trail with the second edition of Wilderness Navigation. Whether you are climbing a glacier, orienteering in the backcountry, or on an easy day hike, Mike and Bob Burns cover all the latest technology and time-tested methods to help you learn to navigate-from how to read a map to compasses and geomagnetism.

Editorial Reviews

Review

An ideal book for those who aspire to travel with precision in the backcountry. -- Lewiston Morning Tribune

An informative book on how to walk in the woods. -- Reel News

Even if you've never held a compass or GPS, you'll have an idea of how they work. -- Sweat magazine

If you're planning a wilderness excursion, swallow your pride and pick up Wilderness Navigation. -- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Required reading for anyone who spends time in the outdoors with a map and compass. -- St. Paul Pioneer Press

[E]ssentials for using a map and a compass as well as easy and practical techniques for using global positioning devices. --Willoughby (OH) News-Herald

About the Author

Bob Burns is a long-time member of The Mountaineers. He has taught classes in the use of map and compass since the late 1970s. Mike Burns is an avid climber. He has instructed climbing and navigation classes, and written articles for Climbing magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 141 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books; 2 edition (July 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898869536
• ISBN-13: 978-0898869538
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #37 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Mountaineering > Mountain Climbing
  • #63 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hiking & Camping > Instructional

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

86 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wilderness navigation, December 14, 1999

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Timothy Watters "TW" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter, and GPS (Paperback)

This book may be small enough to carry as a primer on land navigation for folks venturing into the wilds without knowledge or experience of map and compass skills.

However, as a text on land navigation skills it was disappointing. Better choices would be the Land Navigation Handbook: The Sierra Club Guide to Map and Compass by W. Kals (excellent) or M. Ferguson's GPS Land Navigation: A Complete Guidebook for Backcountry Users of the NAVSTAR Satellite System (also excellent).

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introductory volume, May 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter, and GPS (Paperback)

I have been teaching orienteering for seven years, and this book is everything I could ask for in an introductory text. There are more advanced books, it is true, but this book is reasonably priced, highly readable, and complete enough for the beginning through intermediate adventurer.

31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Concise nice book, October 17, 2003

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MT "Marcov" (Mexico City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter, and GPS (Paperback)

I am glad of to have bought this book, and here is the reason.

-Written by experts
-procedures explained clearly
-No time wasting, lessons cut the chase

CONCRETE and CONCISE

In a sure and concise way this book will explain you how to use map and compass so simple, in an easy way and without time wasting

OFFERS USEFUL EXTRA INFORMATION

Book have explanations about how to use altimeters and some considerations about altimeter performance under different weather conditions and this a good reason to include this book in your shopping list.

I have bought other 2 books about map and compass using, and this book includes information others doesn't have

BEST STARTING POINT

If you are looking for a concise introductory and well explained-compact book then this is the book for you, no doubt!