Greg Davenport's Advanced Outdoor Navigation: Basics And Beyond

Although the author spends time on subjects that are not directly about navigation, all of them (in my opinion) have an effect on navigational skills. Whether or not you even need to navigate could hinge on if you need to stay put or move to another location. How do you know when to choose which you will do? Navigation doesn't just encompass using a map and compass, but being able to navigate the wilderness and one of the most important aspects of wilderness survival is mindset. If you are delirious, good luck trying to navigate yourself out of danger. I also will say that the 'extra' topics are very well thought out and based on sound survival principles. I applaud the author for adding in all this extra knowledge.

Great book to help you take your navigation skills to the next level. Great info on knots, classifying rock and travel in unique environments.

Although the title is "Advanced Outdoor Navigation" the author spends considerable time on other topics. If you are an outdoors-person you will no doubt have a wide variety of books on the subject. I was looking for one specifically on navigation, NOT all the other items. The author uses 132 pages of the 293 book going over survival (not navigation related) and mountaineering. Another area were I had to grade the book poorly on was the lack of color in the text. Many mapping symbols are color related. For them to be in black and white takes away from understanding the map symbols.

Great book in great shape just

Excellent reference- it does indeed cover "basics" and beyond" , good place to start, and useful as you become more skilled.

Nothing advanced about this book. Good for beginners.

Most books on the outdoors include details on how to read a map and a compass; but here global survival expert Greg Davenport (who is considered one of the best in the world) offers both basics and advanced techniques, covering not just maps and compasses but charts, finding cardinal directions, using the stars to navigate, and much more. Chapters tell how to hike under all kinds of conditions, how to maintain safety under snow, rain, or rock climbing conditions, and how to pair navigation skills with basic wilderness survival savvy.

I consider this book to be one of my greatest waste of time and money to date. By the title one would think/hope it dealt with advanced Navigating skills. After reading it, I can assure you it dose NOT! What it is, is a rambling self praise book that deals with survival skills. Yes those skills do include navigation, but Mr Davenport's long winded overly complicated discriptions make it laboreous to learn even the most basic skill. I learned more about navigating and survival watching the movie "The Edge". My advice to anyone thinking about buying this book is to save your money and buy one of the military manuels instead.