Re: [Paddlewise] Lost on GPS

Hi folks,

Niels "little" problem is what I call "typical human".
But no problem at all. We have to train these things in situation where it
wouldn´t cause big problems.

I also remember a paddle friend from Hamburg, who joined the 98 Arctic Sea
Kayak Race also. thomas, he was the only guy using a GPS on the Race. You
don´t need it Norway, so long you got enough sight on the mountains. But
Thomas was quite a little bit like a child, playiong with is GPS. And on the
Race he took the wrong way, trusting his GPS Infos, GoTo function. He was
sure going the right way, until he saw the bight ended to the rocks...

Great story, without GPs this wouldn´t had happened.

Another problem was the tide, I was going on an outer side of a rock and
Eric (?) overtake me on the inner side, he then turns to a direction we came
out severeal hours before. But water was out at the end of this way, because
of tide. So he have to turn and go back, I was lucky because I was behind
him and could go the right way. I activate the last power and finish before
him. It was the longest day on Race and we all were shot down. Afterwards
Eric gave up, because of blisters. Without these tidal problem he would had
been up and away.

No GPS could help if you forget the tide.

safe padling
Jochen

PS: Some time ago, I mentioned my extreme boat "Umiak" from TM. Now I got
some pics from it, Matt and Gerald want them and a 3rd person, but I don´t
remember him.
WHO WAS IT? Please say hello!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blaauw, Niels" <nblaauw_at_foxboro.com>
To: "paddlewise (E-mail)" <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 11:37 AM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Lost on GPS


> Last week I paddled the river the Linge with my local kayak club. Since
the
> Linge always flows in the same direction, there was no real need to use my
> GPS on the water. Still, I payed a lot of money for the toy, I try to use
it
> in every possible and impossible situation to impress myself and my fellow
> kayakkers, so I used it to store the places of put-in and take-out, and
the
> road in between, so that I didn't have to look at the road when it was
time
> to retrieve the cars, I could just follow the line on the GPS.
>
> Well, my passengers were definitely impressed, until I came upon a
> one-way-street. I had to drive around that, took a random turn and got
> completely lost.
>
> By now a week has passed, but still I can not meet my fellow kayakkers
> without hearing hoots of laughter. The story has travelled fast: All club
> members have heard it by now, all friends and all collegues of all members
> of the club also, and still the story is spreading by email and websites.
>
> I preferred PaddleWise to hear the story from me rather then from my
> not-so-fellow-kayakkers-any-more.
>
> The lesson is clear: If you are navigating a car on GPS, do NOT look at
the
> road, however tempting it may be, and NEVER EVER look at traffic signs.
> Shouldn't be too hard with a bit of practice.
>
> Niels.
>
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