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Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass Harold Gatty, Harold Nature Gatty
Publisher: Dover Publications

Whether you want to get lost in inspiring reading, plan a spring adventure or learn how to determine north without a compass, it's easy to ward off the winter doldrums and keep your mind active. Only recently has this venture been primarily for pleasure. Stranded in bad weather or a deserted area. If you're stuck without a map, but you still have your compass, you can at least get going in the right direction. I am passionate about the lost art and science of what is termed “Natural Navigation“, or 'emergency navigation' – the skill or reading nature's clues to find your way without map, compass, gps or signposts. For thousands of years, people have made their way through the wilderness. Find your way with a map and compass. If you spend any time hill walking in Scotland you rapidly discover that it is almost impossible to find your way around without a map and compass and a good deal of local knowledge. It seems like good luck may be headed your way after all -- with these scant supplies and some modest orienteering skills you should be able to find your way back to the safety of your camp. Compass your best friend got you for good luck. Find out which survival tools will save you. You'll need to know how to use your map and compass in order to find your way through the La Sal Mountains when they're covered in snow. And use it to the full, how to attract attention to yourself so that rescuers may find you, how to make your way across unknown territory back to civilization if there is no hope of rescue, navigating without map or compass.”.