Finding Your Way in the Outdoors: Compass Navigation, Map Reading, Route Finding, Weather Forecasting

***COURTESY OF TWOBEARS BOOKS*** This book meets the needs of the growing number of outdoorsmen who are taking to the backcountry - for hunting, fishing, or go-light camping. The author, (Robert L. Mooers, Jr.), is an expert mountaineer and professional cartographer, explains in depth, how anyone can use a compass and map to find his way in the wilds. Can you travel in the field with complete confidence that you always know how to reach your ojective and how to get back? Here's all you'll ever need to know about map and compass - made easy with step-by-step instructions and numerous practical illustrations and diagrams. COMPASS READING - There are tree types of compass. You learn to use YOUR type. RE-TRIP PLANNING - A route sketch with all distances and compass readings. You draw it in the comfort of home. FIELD NAVIGATION - All the problems of finding your way that you might encounter in the field have been anticipated. WEATHER - If you know clouds, you can predict weather changes. PLUS - How to read nature; route finding problems; using aerial photographs; practice compass courses; and much, much more.