[pct-l] Getting lost

[calliger@infolane.com (R.J.Calliger)]

1st weather update:

30-40 mph winds subsiding; snowing like a bandit (from Mexico perhaps <g>)

Rich,

near the PCT - Sonora Pass

Next:

hmmm- flashlight (w/red filter of course) takes care of first
and any canyon magnetic enuf to affect compass will most likely
bother high frequency line of sight high-band xmisns from sat's.

I am interested in what Kellye's experience where she could not use
a compass and a GPS would work... got me with that one!

At 2:56 PM -0800 4/6/01, Steve Courtway wrote:
>either darkness or a magnet canyon, right ?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: R.J.Calliger <calliger@infolane.com>
>To: <aj7x@amsat.org>; Pct-L <pct-l@backcountry.net>
>Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 4:17 PM
>Subject: RE: [pct-l] Getting lost
>
>
>> At 12:38 PM -0800 4/6/01, Kelly MIller wrote:
>> >I use a compass as well.  Here I occasionally encounter conditions that
>make
>> >a compass impossible or difficult to use.  For that reason, I carry both.
>> >YMMV
>> >
>> >...Kelly
>> >
>> >
>>
>> What conditions would make a compass impossible to use in your
>> experience?
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
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