{"product_id":"the-essential-wilderness-navigator","title":"The Essential Wilderness Navigator","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs in all the \"Essential\" series titles  the text is woven page by page with sidebars  photos  and drawings to create a highly visual reading experience. This combination is uniquely effective in propelling the reader to a fundamental mastery of map and compass use. But The Essential Wilderness Navigator does more than teach the disciplines of reading compasses and interpreting topographical maps  important as these are. It includes exercises for developing our sixth sense of spatial awareness-what psychologist call cognitive maps. It offers tips for reading natures highway signs  from vegetation bands  to wind ripples in snow or sand  to the sun and stars. It covers the particular challenges of mountain  snow  and desert navigation. It summarizes the research on how and why men and women navigate differently. And above all  it teaches the language and thought processes of the experienced navigator. To understand bearing  lines of position  baselines  bracketing  aiming off  and catch points is to know how to use these techniques  consciously at first  but later with unconscious mastery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964180721717,"sku":"ByrdShop_0070563233","price":30.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780070563230.jpg?v=1770451984","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-essential-wilderness-navigator","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}