‘Wilderness Navigation,’ Second Ed. Hits Shelves
February 21, 2020
LANDER, WYO — The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) just released the second edition of its official guide to finding your way in the wilderness, NOLS Wilderness Navigation. This is the third book NOLS has published this season.This book is an easy-to-follow guide to everything from learning to use a map and compass to exploring the latest technology. The second edition of NOLS Wilderness Navigation expands its coverage of the latter with up-to-date information on equipment and software—including smartphones and tablets—for navigation, new emergency communication technology and solar power.
Author Darren Wells is a senior NOLS instructor and assistant professor of outdoor education and leadership at Central Wyoming College. He is also an officer for Fremont County Search and Rescue in Wyoming and an avid mountain biker, climber and backcountry skier.
NOLS is the leader in wilderness education and is dedicated to producing and distributing valuable resources for outdoor recreationists. In addition to the second edition of NOLS Wilderness Navigation, NOLS recently released a second edition of Wilderness Wisdom and the fifth edition of NOLS Wilderness Medicine. Find more of the NOLS library on the NOLS online store.
[Editor’s Note, Feb 2020: NOLS Wilderness Navigation is now in its 3rd edition.]
ABOUT NOLS
Founded in 1965 by legendary mountaineer Paul Petzoldt, NOLS is the leader in wilderness education, providing awe-inspiring, transformative experiences to 16,000 students each year. These students, ages 14 to over 80, learn in the wildest and most remote classrooms worldwide—from the Amazon rain forest, to rugged peaks in the Himalaya, to Alaskan glaciers and Arctic tundra. Graduates are active leaders with lifelong environmental ethics and outdoor skills. NOLS also offers customized courses through NOLS Professional Training, and the NOLS Wilderness Medicine Institute is the leading teacher of wilderness medicine worldwide. For more information, call (800) 710-NOLS (6657) or visit www.nols.edu.
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