[pct-l] Gekko 201

[Melanie Clarke]

Hey, Guys,

I don't think Garmin sells the Geko 201 any more.  I looked it up and there
were no local vendors in the area that sold it.  On Amazon.com they only
have rebuilt and used.  I may have to go with Halfmile's suggestion of
the Vista
HCx or the wrist Foretex 401.  I did the JMT with just a map last time and
it is fairly well marked.  I'm just worried about navigation through the
snow fields.

Melanie

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:38 PM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>wrote:

> Good afternoon, Mags,
>
> I certainly agree with you about UTM.  All three of my GPSs and my TOPO!
> software default to UTM, and the only time I change is to enter a Lat/Lon
> coordinate that someone may have provided.  Once entered, I then switch
> back
> to UTM.
>
>
>
> I first used maps with the Lat/Lon system but in the late ‘50s but I
> started
> using the Military Gird Reference System (MGRS) and continued with that
> into
> the ‘60s when I was in the Army.  MGRS is really just UTM with a different
> coordinate naming protocol.
>
>
>
> I used to really get ticked with common maps of the time:  The most
> prominate coordinate system displayed was the statute system of
> section/range/township which is useless unless you happen to stumble across
> a survey marker.  On the map edges they had Lat/Lon markings which are
> marginally useful, but only much later did they add UTM.  That’s something
> that’s always aggravated me about the PCT Guidebook maps; they don’t show
> anything but section/range/township, relying instead upon text
> descriptions.
> I’m a left-brainer:  Don’t tell me what it is, tell me where it is.
>
>
>
> I am very pleased with HalfMile’s maps and waypoints because they are in
> UTM
> and fit my style exactly.
>
>
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > This is the model I have as well. It is fairly light and does UTM
> > coordinates (the BEST part of a GPS) quite well.
> >
> > Of course, to use UTM coords you need to know how to use a map. :)
> >
> > ttfn!
> >
> >
> >
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