Be Expert with Map & Compass: The Complete "orienteering" HandbookBjorn Kjellstrom offers an introduction to basic orienteering skills with this guide. Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout. |
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attack point base plate beeline circle club compass housing compass needle points Compass Walk competitive Orienteering contour interval contour lines control card control markers control points course setter Cross-Country Orienteering cross-country running crossroads decide declination degree number direction-of-travel arrow pointing distance double-steps edge field finish follow Glenburnie Hold the compass inch INDOOR PRACTICE lake landmark Log Chapel magnetic North Pole magnetic-north lines map and compass map symbols master map Meadow Knoll Cemetery meridian line miles number of degrees obstacle orient the compass Orienteering event Orienteering map Orienteering race orienting arrow pace participant pick player Pound Ridge proceed protractor Qu1z reset road road-T route scale score Scouts set the compass set your compass SILVA COMPASS Ski Orienteering skills spot starting point steps teering terrain territory tion topographic map trail training compass training map trip true north U.S. Geological Survey
Bibliographic information
| Title | Be Expert with Map & Compass: The Complete "orienteering" Handbook Emblem editions Scribner Library Scribner library: Emblem editions |
| Author | Björn Kjellström |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Scribner, 1976 |
| ISBN | 0684142708, 9780684142708 |
| Length | 214 pages |
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