Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATING ANYPLACE WILD

• THE CHOICES

Choosing an Activity
Choosing an Area
Choosing a Time of Year

• PLANNING A ROUTE

Deciding Factors
Gathering Information

• TIME AVAILABLE AND ESTIMATES

Nature of the terrain
The fitness & experience of the party
The weight of your equipment
Expected weather conditions
Estimating time of completion
Adjusting your time estimates
Turn Around Times

• ACCESS
• SELECTION OF CAMPSITES

Chapter 2: SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS

The Route Card
The Mountain Register
Escape Routes / Alternative Routes
Our Available Assistance
Changing Plans during the trip

Chapter 3: WHAT IS DIRECTION

• BASE LINES

True North
Magnetic North
Grid North
Magnetic Declination & Mean Annual Change

• METHODS OF EXPRESSING DIRECTION

Azimuth – Bearing
True Bearing
Magnetic Bearing
Grid Bearings
Degree
Milradian
Grad
Points

Chapter 4: OUR NAVIGATIONAL TOOL BOX

• THE MAP

Types of Maps
Supplementary Map Information
Sources of Maps
Care of Maps
Locating Places – Grid Systems
Scale
Conventional Signs
Methods of Depicting Relief on a Map
Elevation
Slopes
Terrain Features
Interpretation of Terrain Features
Slope Profiles

• THE COMPASS

Types of Compasses
Uses of a Compass
Problems Experienced with Compasses

• THE ROAMER
• THE MAP PROTRACTOR
• THE ALTIMETER

How it works and points to note.

• GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS (GPS)
• IMPROVISED NAVIGATION
• STAR NAVIGATION

The Constellations

Other ways to tell direction
Shadow Stick Method
Watch Method.

Chapter 5: NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS

• ESTIMATING TIME

Naismith’s Rule
Tranter’s Variation of Naismith’s Rule
The Vertical Heights System of Estimating Time

• ESTIMATING DISTANCE

Timing Charts
Pacing
Conditions Under Foot

• ORIENTING THE MAP

Using Terrain Association
Using a Compass to Set Maps

• CALCULATING BEARINGS

What are Bearings?
Calculating Bearings on a Map
Sighting Bearings with a Compass from a Feature

• CONVERSION OF BEARINGS

Errors and Their Results

• IDENTIFYING PEAKS AND FEATURES

Finding Yourself
Resection
Resection onto a Linear Feature (Intersection)

• FOLLOWING A ROUTE

Keeping Direction

• DIFFERENT TYPES OF TERRAIN

Desert Terrain
Mountain Terrain
Jungle Terrain
Arctic Terrain
Just for Fun

Chapter 6: RESTRICTED VISIBILITY NAVIGATION

• TOOLS FOR RESTRICTED VISIBILITY (RV) NAVIGATION

Person in Front
Using a Rope
Aiming Off
Attack Points
Ridge Walking
Walking Parallel to Steep Ground
Handrails
Using the Aspect of the Slope
Contouring
Cells
Precision
When Mist or Cloud is Approaching
High Winds

• SEARCHING FOR A POINT

Intervisible Sweep
Box Search

Chapter 7: IF LOST

How Not To Get Lost
Useful Aids

Chapter 8: MODEL ANSWERS