Hans Aschim is a Brooklyn-based writer and communications consultant. He's traveled the world over writing for Outside, Vice Sports, Esquire, Men's Journal, and other publications, and mentors kids for the sports and outdoors nonprofit Stoked.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: Look Up and Around: Early Navigators and Nature
Activities:
Test your cognitive mapping skills
Get to know directions
Read the Trees
Make Your Own Stick Chart

Chapter 2: Nature’s Map in the Sky: The Sun and Stars
Activities:
Get Your Bearings Using the Sun
Make Your Own Star Clock
Make Your Own Basic Sextant

Chapter 3: Beyond Direction: Distance and Dead Reckoning
Activities:
Make Your Own Mini–Chip Log
Clock Your Speed
DIY Pace Count Beads

Chapter 4: Finding Longitude: High Tech Hits the High Seas
Activities:
Track the Sun!
Find Solar Noon (and your Longitude) Down to the Minute

Chapter 5: Points North: The Almighty Map and Compass
Activities:
Make Your Own Simple Compass
Measuring Magnetic Declination on Planet Orange
Take a Bearing in the Wild
Visualizing Magnetic Declination
Triangulation: Take Time to Really Find Yourself
Get the Bearing for Your Destination

Chapter 6: The Modern Navigator: Radio Waves From Sea to Space
Activities:
Go Satellite-gazing
Check (and Convert) Your Coordinates, Then Search for Cache

Further Reading