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Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass

Finding Your Way Without Map or CompassAuthor: Harold Gatty
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 reviews

Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7

ISBN: 048640613X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.58
EAN: 9780486406138

Publication Date: March 19, 1999
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Immensely useful, highly instructive manual for would-be explorers, hikers, bikers, scouts, sailors, survivalists—anyone who enjoys exploring the outdoors. Today’s adventurers will learn how to find their way in the wilderness, in towns, in the desert, in snow-covered areas—even on the ocean—by observing birds, animals, weather patterns, vegetation, shifting sands, patterns of snow fields, and the positions of the sun, moon and stars. Clearly, precisely and graphically explained by one of the world’s great navigators.



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5 out of 5 stars Instantly applicable!   May 23, 2010
L. Smith
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

What a phenomenal book, packed full of useful advice & techniques. I'm so glad to understand now why the moss on tree trick did not work where I grew up. This book discusses how to navigate around all different regions of earth (ocean, north/south pole, deserts, forest, great plains, mountains, cities), & it has amazing star charts, moon & tide cycles, & sketches of the most common ocean birds. The book could be a little better if there were more pictures in color or photographs, but the simple black & white sketches get his point across. He also recommends other books for further research on particular subjects if you want to go more in-depth. If you ever fear being lost at sea from a plane crash or any other cause, make this book part of your reading. I have a good sense of direction, but this book has vastly enhanced my skills by teaching me to look at the world around me more actively now with intention to understand & read the land. The direction of the winds & shadows are things I now pay a lot more attention to.


5 out of 5 stars Wow! Lots of incredibly interesting navigation strategies!   November 14, 2009
A. KEITH (Albuquerque, NM)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Along with a similar book "Low-Tech Navigation" I have found real gems of navigation lore. This one, in particular, was a real page-turner for me as I love to read about ways to navigate in the absence of the usual high tech (or higher tech) devices (like GPS, sextants, reference tables, etc.). Like the other one, I stumbled upon this one while hunting for a celestial navigation primer. When I read the description I was intrigued and decided to get it just to see what it was like.

I was absolutely not disappointed. In fact, when I got it I immediately began reading it and found that I couldn't put it down. It was fascinating and the author is a good writer. Makes the material interesting as well as instructive.

My only regret is that I can't remember enough of it so I'm afraid I'd be bemoaning my poor memory should I ever get lost and need any of these techniques!

The service was great!



4 out of 5 stars Great Book, but not a Quick Fix   September 11, 2009
Doris J. Hill (Ann Arbor, MI United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This book is filled with information that is very valuable, however I do not believe you could read it once and use the information upon memory. Some of the information may work that way, but I believe field experience with this book in hand is the best way to learn the skills necessary to use the information for way-finding.

EXCELLENT BOOK, though! I do recommend it for anyone who might be heading into backcountry. The skills in this book could save you if you have them firmly packed away in your experience banks. There is information in this book which you'll likely not see in many other (if any) books.



2 out of 5 stars Want to learn history?   February 28, 2009
Denny Garcia
12 out of 28 found this review helpful

I've read many, many books about survival, orienteering, and finding your way w/out a map or compass. I would not recommend this book to anyone. Sure, every book will teach you something, no matter how poorly written it is. But you do not expect to read a book that is 95% history, and 5% orienteering. This book discusses all the ancient methods used by the messopotanians, and creesians and all the other eesians of the past. their methods worked for them, but dont work for us. AFTER you have read many other books about finding your way, you can consider reading this one to pick up a thing or too, or to brush up on your history. the book is written 60 years ago.


5 out of 5 stars wonderful   January 22, 2009
James A. Dees (Cascadia)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I work as a wilderness instructor for Outward Bound, aboard the Schooner Adventuress, and for the Boulder Outdoor Survival School. Learning to do things the way our ancestors did (without modern technology) is a passion of mine. This book is a real find. It is full of information that actually works, and is written in a colorful and engaging manner. Wish I could have met the author; I am sure he would have been a great guy to hang out and chat with.

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