[pct-l] Using a GPS on a low snow year

[CHUCK CHELIN]

“In the last few years if you haven’t discarded a major opinion or acquired
a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.”   - Frank Gelett Burgess


On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:56 PM, John Abela <abela at johnabela.com> wrote:

> Wait a minute.... hold the press.... did halfmile really just
> recommend something other than the Garmin Dakota 20
>
> :-p
>
> After all these years of recommending the Dakota 20... you have gone
> and recommended something else... pure amazement!!
>
> lolol.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Halfmile <list at lon.net> wrote:
> > I agree with Steel-Eye on this.
> > I will point out that since he wrote his journal entry, Garmin
> > introduced the Foretrex 401 model GPS which only weighs 2.3 ounces
> > (with lithium batteries, if you remove the wrist strap). It's pretty
> > much a smaller, lighter, updated Geko. You can do a lot with a
> > non-mapping GPS and UTM grids.
> > If you decide you want a mapping GPS the new Garmin Etrex 30 is very
> good.
> > -Halfmile
> > www.pctmap.net
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:31 PM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
> wrote:
> >> Good afternoon, Alex,
> >>
> >>  Overall, the PCT is pretty easy to follow, even for a less-experienced
> >> hiker.  Some hikers don’t really navigate at all; they just follow other
> >> hikers, or their tracks. A GPS is OK – and I use one a lot because I’m
> so
> >> enamored with the technology -- but unless it’s familiar, it won’t tell
> you
> >> anything useful, and it will just be additional weight.
> >>
> >> Some additional navigation thoughts are at:
> >> http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=265247
> >>
> >> Enjoy your planning,
> >>
> >> Steel-Eye
> >>
> >> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> >>
> >> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> >>
> >> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Alex Nunn <arbnunn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I will be thru-hiking this year of which looks like it could be a
> low-snow
> >>> year. My question is: Does one need a GPS on a low-snow year or can one
> >>> hike safely without and just use half-mile's maps and a compass. Any
> input
> >>> would be greatly appreciated.
> >>> Aloha,
> >>> lex
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