This practical guidebook will help you get the most out of navigating with your map & give you the key skills to using your compass. Its then down to you. Practice will make perfect & with that will come the freedom & confidence to enjoy our hills & mountains. Pete Hawkins is a qualified mountain leader freelance journalist & the author of Map & Compass published by Cicerone. He writes the monthly navigation column for a leading leading walking magazine. This guide covers the following topics: why use a map & a compass; map essentials
- scale grids contours; map symbols & contours; walking with your map; choosing your compass; taking a bearing; taking bearings from ground; walking with your map & compass; route planning; what to do at night or in bad weather; new technology
- GPS & computer mapping.