> But, missing the view is the main reason my GPS is on deck but unconsulted > most of the time. I watched a guy in the Broken Group steam back to camp, > counting down the metres to his camp, eyes glued to his screen, and wondered > why he came out to that beautiful place. He could get the countdown > experience in his driveway, if he wanted. He came there to play with electroincs (may be without realizing that :-). I, for one, use GPS for first paddling along unknown route - to store waypoints or locate campsites uploaded to GPS in advance. Otherwise it is mostly a backup, or a toy to watch my speed. I wouldn't tell, btw, what consumes more time - plotting and calculating using dead reckoning under unsteady speed/wind conditions, or periodical glancing at GPS screen and laminated map (screen map sucks), whenever I feel that should change the course. Coming back to familiar place in darkness or fog is also easier with GPS - eventually faster. I recall now a story about kayaker blown off to the sea at Hawaii. It took 2 or 3 days to find him after he placed his distress call. Would take much less if he knew his exact location. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Feb 13 2004 - 15:08:30 PST
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