Staying Found: The Complete Map and Compass Handbook / Edition 3

by June Fleming

Overview

"[This] simply written, informative book should be required reading for anyone heading out to unfamiliar terrain... The chapter on teaching your children to stay found is worth the price of the book." -- Salem Statesman Journal

"Staying Found gives you all the information you'll need to be an expert orienteer. Learn to use a compass, find True North, read and use maps, and mark your trail, all invaluable knowledge for the day hiker or trail backpack... Best of all, you don't have to fret if you've read the book but forgotten a tip. It's small and light enough to be a valuable addition to your pack." -- Erie Times-News

Within this handbook you'll find crutial information on:

* Reading Maps

* Determining true directions

* Following bearings, backbearings, and baselines

* Using nature as a guide

* Teaching kids to "stay found"

* Coping if you are really lost

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898867855
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date:	10/28/2001
Edition description:	3RD
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	247,202
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Author JUNE FLEMING is the author of the Well-Fed Backpacker and teaches basic and advanced wilderness skills classes in the Pacific Northwest. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Interviews

The Barnes & Noble Review
This tried-and-true guide teaches practical skills for navigating in the wilderness: reading maps; determining "true" directions; following bearings, backbearings, and baselines; using nature as a guide; teaching kids to "stay found"; and coping if you are really lost.

Editorial Reviews

[This] simply written, informative book should be required reading for anyone heading out into unfamiliar terrain ... The chapter on teaching your children to stay found is worth the price of the book.

Salem Statesman-Journal

Staying Found gives you all the information you'll need to be an expert orienteer. Learn to use a compass, find True North, read and use maps, and mark your trail, all invaluable knowledge for the day hiker or trail backpacker…Best of all, you don't have to fret if you've read the book but forgotten a tip. It's small and light enough to be a valuable addition to your pack."

Erie Times-News