MarkL Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Anyone looking for this book .. I just bought one of the new limited number version 2.1 from the Royal Geographical Society for a normal price (not the outrageous prices on eBay or Amazon) .. stg£40!! Brand new with a few updates!! Brilliant! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Cheers for the tip! my copy arrived today after I have been looking for it for a while! it is available, as you say, from the RGS Website Good call. Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruit_uk Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Thanks for that, just ordered one. They also have the expedition handbook and the expedition medicine handbook available for sale and incredibly for download free chapter by chapter. Could be useful to have the medical one on a pc for use in emergencies or just print out the relevent bits to take. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlykepower Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 What ARE the updates in this new edition exactly? I understand it mainly centers around GPS?? Is it worth getting the new copy, if I already have the previous edition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I too understand it GPS. I'm waiting 'til the new copy is brought to me to make a comparison. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 The inside of the book has a summary of the updates - I can list them if required, but in the authors note he says it is mostly on GPS and satellite communications. There is also a change of format - softbacked and black and white photography, as opposed to the hardback with colour photography. I suspect the photographs are the same, just in B&W. This may have been for the second edition, but it reads like it is for this one. It claims in the book that it is because people thought the nice hardback edition was too nice to take out with them, and this one is apparently one to be less precious over.... I suspect however it was also to do with keeping production run costs down. I would actually quite like a look through an earlier one, as some of the pictures I feel would have benefited from colour.. hth Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Mark the earlier editon I have is soft back. B&W pics as well. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I did wonder if it was referring to the 2nd edition generally, or to (what it is calling 2.1) ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Hi guys, I am looking for this book, but the RGS has none anymore. Anyone got an idea where to get a copy for a decent price? Cheers, Finn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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