[pct-l] Follow-up to the earlier GPS discussion

[AsABat]

I also note more people are forming groups before crossing the snowfields,
providing safety in numbers, and the various compasses and GPSrs providing
backups to each other.

AsABat

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting postscript to the GPS discussion we had back in March:  a lot
> of
> the trail journals are describing situations where non-GPS-carrying thrus
> chose to latch on to the GPS-carrying thrus in order to navigate through
> the
> San Jacintos.  As Granite and Terrapin Flyer wrote, "Not a single hiker we
> met with just a map and compass wasn't thrilled to check our GPS data."
>
> Empirical evidence seems to show that while a GPS isn't *necessary* in
> snow-bound conditions (and shouldn't be relied on as the sole form of
> navigational aid), it's pretty darn useful and when people are actually out
> there they're more than happy to follow the folks who have them.  Just
> interesting data . . .
>
> Examples:
>
>
> http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?sid=d06471f65621deba49961e93977
> 35ed3&entry_id=14895<http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?sid=d06471f65621deba49961e9397735ed3&entry_id=14895>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=310733
>
> Eric
>
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