[pct-l] device advice

[matt maxon]

Katie
You can get just as lost, or even more so with a GPS.

Navigation on the PCT is easy and quite frankly could be done without 
aide of a map, compass, or GPS.

There is no substitute for "common sense".

All that aside you need a map to locate yourself, after determining your 
location with a GPS.

Some GPS units are "mapping" GPS while others are not. Mapping means 
there is software with some sort of map to help locate you.

Garmin has several different models, I'd go with a Etrex Vista CSx & 
Mapsource TOPO USA and a 1 GB micro Sd memory card

You can download the entire western US Cd to the unit then

Just remember to have extra batteries

Have Fun - Be safe
Trail90



Catherine Worth wrote:
> Hi hikers,
> I had been planning to hike the old-fashioned map-and-compas way, but my grandmother seems to feel I'll be much less likely to get lost and be eaten by a bear if I carry a gps device. She is insisting on buying me one for her own peace of mind. Any advice on what device might be best for a thru-hike?
> Thank you mucho mucho mucho,
> Katie
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