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Title: WALKING AND ORIENTEERING
HOW TO CROSS HILLS, BACK COUNTRY AND ROUGH TERRAIN IN SAFETY AND CONFIDENCE: A PROFESSIONAL MANUAL FOR HIKERS, PADDLERS, HORSE TREKKERS AND EXTREME CYCLISTS
By: Peter G. Drake
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1844767590
ISBN 13: 9781844767595
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Publisher: ANNESS PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 15 June, 2010
Pages: 96
Description: The essential guide to challenging and adventurous trips in all kinds of terrain for the intrepid explorer and competition walker
Synopsis: This is the essential guide to challenging and adventurous trips in all kinds of terrain for the intrepid explorer and competition walker. It gives easy-to-follow advice on practical navigation skills: how to use a map and compass correctly; orientation using the sun, moon and stars; and understanding natural navigational signs in the landscape. It explains how to read weather patterns and interpret cloud formations to ensure your safety in remote and exposed places. It is illustrated with over 200 full-colour photographs, including simple-to-grasp step-by-step instructions for key skills and techniques. This practical handbook provides a handy reference for anyone wishing to explore the back country. Whether you are preparing for a day's walking or mountain biking, a camping weekend, a trek on horseback, a hike through the jungle, or a kayaking tour lasting several weeks, this highly illustrated guide will show you all you need to know. With the emphasis on teaching the fundamentals of hiking and travelling with transport and animals, and of orienteering your way along the route, it makes essential reading before setting off.Packed with hundreds of helpful hints this book is essential reading for anyone planning a trip in the wilderness.
Illustrations: over 200 colour photographs
Publication: UK
Imprint: Southwater
Returns: Returnable
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