Read Wilderness Navigation Handbook Fred Touche Books

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Product details Paperback 200 pages Publisher Touche Publishing (September 28, 2005) Language English ISBN-10 0973252707

Wilderness Navigation Handbook Fred Touche Books Reviews

• A decent starter for off-trail hiking.
  
  However, devoting an entire chapter to the basics of celestial navigation was comical at best. Navigating by the stars (or sun or moon) on land requires the use of a theodolite (way to heavy to carry) or an aircraft bubble sextant like a nice light Link A-12 which only weighs 8 pounds (Yeah, right!) This chapter should have been cut down to the otherwise only useful celestial tricks of finding due south with an analogue watch and maybe finding due north with Polaris. With the marine sextant he describes, your margin of error would be plus or minus a mere 60 nautical miles at best. Comical!
  
  The rest of the book is good info.
• This richly illustrated book is a superlative reference on navigation. The writing and organization is precise, logical, and clear, with no fluff or clutter. There is an amazing amount of information in its 200 pages, including the use of a sextant in celestial navigation. Some authors would take twice as long to present this information and end up with a book only half as good.
  
  Readers in search of a first look at navigation with map and compass may be overwhelmed by the detail the book offers, but the chapters need not be read sequentially or given equal attention. For example, you could read chapters 1 and 2 on maps and the compass, then skip or skim through chapters 3 through 5 on the altimeter, GPS, and celestial navigation, then read chapter 6 on natural navigation, skip or skim chapter 7 on emergency communication, then read the final two chapters 8 and 9 on practical navigation and scenarios. After that, you could pick up on the chapters you didn't study on your first pass through the book. The book is organized logically, but your practical need or natural curiosity may motivate you to read it out of sequence. You may even want to read it as a second or third book on navigation. It is the third book for me (see my earlier reviews). As my reading on this topic now stands, I'd suggest the short book Route Finding Navigating with Map and Compass by Gregory Crouch, as an excellent first look at navigation, then from that overview proceed to this one by Fred Touche. They compliment one other in style and presentation very well.
• Wow! I am not done with this read. Great subject matter and super detailing. Nice job Fred Touche. I love my GPS but it will never replace my mental skills. I would recommend this book to anyone who does or foresees the future need to navigate in the wild (that goes for Bushcrafters, preppers, and tactical alike).
• Generally I've been reluctant to purchase books for kindle that rely on maps, diagrams, and photos, the quality is simply unacceptable in the majority of cases.
  
  Howerver, in this book the author has used computer generated line drawings that are legible on the kindle, and outstanding in explaining the concepts of Wilderness Navigation. This book should be the gold standard for authors.
• VERY GOOD.
• This is a good book for those who do not have a koy of experience in land navigation. It is also a good book to use for refresher training if it has been awhile since your last outing.
• I'm enjoying this book very much. I don't go to the Arctic Circle or the but I do spend a lot of time in the woods here in the Midwest and I like the practical way the author describes land marks, vegetation and other things to look for. He's practical in his explanations even though, at times, he's talking about complex calculations. For people who do well learning with pictures/drawings, those are in here and very helpful. As long as there's fuel in your tank, you're not lost.
• If you have room to pack just one book on navigation concepts, WILDERNESS NAVIGATION HANDBOOK should be the item of choice it covers all the basics of using maps, charts, natural and man- made navigational tools to navigate in all terrains, from desert and glacier to jungle and oceans. Chapters are organized by type of navigation system and discuss basic principles of navigation systems, contrasting pros and cons of each.