Backpacker magazine's Trailside Navigation

Perfect for pack or pocket, this book breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field.

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Backpacker's Trailside Navigation informs readers about choosing and using a compass; basic map reading skills; plotting a course and finding your way through the wilderness; using stars to navigate rivers, streams and trails at night; using maps and compass in concert with a GPS receiver. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages, includes two popouts, and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.