What should an outdoors enthusiast look for in a magnetic compass? Land and sea navigation expert Blake Miller helps you chose one that will fill your needs!
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Three Maps You Should Carry in Your Emergency Survival Bag
If you just stuck a state road map in your Bug Out Bag, then you should reconsider and take the three types of maps that should be in your survival gear:
Read the rest of this entry »Stay Safe Using Your SPOT Locator Beacon
Locator beacons have been available to the outdoorsman for several years. The basic idea is pretty straight forward: to use space age satellite technology to help someone stay found and out of trouble in the backcountry.
Read the rest of this entry »How to Choose Your First GPS
Every GPS has basic features. All the rest is bells and whistles. And it will be up to you to determine which ones are important, and which ones you really need.
Read the rest of this entry »Start Out with the Right Equipment for Your Survival Kit
And let this be your mantra: “My survival kit won’t save me. My equipment or gear can’t save me. I will save me.” And include common sense with every outing!
Read the rest of this entry »Improve Your GPS Skills Now
Spring is the perfect time to practice and improve your Global Positioning System skills!
Read the rest of this entry »Simple Survival Tips For Using a Map and Compass
It’s really hard to think, and reason out what to do next when there’s this awful, nauseating realization that you may be lost in the wilderness. Suppose you have a map and compass along, and a basic idea of how to use them. But maybe you didn’t think about using the navigation tools until it was too late…
Read the rest of this entry »The GPS and Its Place in Wilderness Navigation
The GPS can and does get people into trouble…But for foot navigation in the bush, the GPS is secondary to the map and compass. Navigation is done with a map and compass and there is no substitute for knowing how to use them.
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