> Paddlewisers, > > The beauty of dead reckoning is not knowing exactly where you are. Then > someone in the group panics, turns on the GPS, and ruins it all. I wouldn't put it better :-)... Back to Peter's question: I've been in the situation just like you described - looking for a hidden landing (narrow, about 20 meters, river mouth) in the darkness, in the place where I had never been before. GPS batteies died when I was close (and knew that was close), and if it wasn't for weak glimpse of the last fading light of the sky (after sunset) in calmer waters of river mouth, I wouldn't have found it. There is no way to arrive precisely at such spots using dead reckoning - either GPS is needed, or may be a very powerful ship searchlight :-) *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jun 05 2004 - 13:37:37 PDT
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