This self-training workbook teaches everything the beginner needs to know about the increasingly popular sport of Orienteering: understanding map symbols; traveling by map alone, by compass alone, or by map and compass together; finding bearings; sketching maps; and traveling in the wilderness. Other updated sections cover competitive Orienteering, how to join an Orienteering event or organize your own, and useful hints for competitive and wilderness Orienteering.

In addition to the revisions throughout, the author has interspersed the text with reminiscences of his more than fifty years of experience with map and compass. Drawing crowds of 25,000 participants at international events, the sport of Orienteering is more popular than ever. The Orienteering world championships were held in the United States for the first time in 1993. For Orienteers and scouts, avid outdoorspeople, and anyone who wants to feel more comfortable in the wilderness, this updated guide is an indispensable reference.

Be Expert with Map and Compass - Table of Contents:

• Foreword: Never Get Lost!
• Introduction: The Art of Orienteering
• PART I-Discovery: Fun with Maps Alone
• PART II-Exploration: Fun with Compass Alone
• PART III-Adventure: Fun with Map and Compass
• PART IV-Challenge: Competitive Orienteering
• Answers to Tests
• Glossary
• Valuable Addresses
• Index