[pct-l] RE: Not getting Lost

[kenandeb@sover.net (Ken Roberts)]

So it's 3:00pm and you just got to one the designated campsites below South
Sister Peak. You drop you pack at one of the designated sites,(off in the
woods away from the lake). Before you leave to check out the trail to the
summit you mark the spot with your GPS. You head up. The route is wide open.
The fading afternoon light fantastic. Can't turn back. Make it to the top
just before sunset, and book on down despite the incredible view.. Get most
of the way down before dark. But dark by the time you get near the campsite.
Turn on the GPS(if you don't leave it on all the time the batteries last a
good long time) hit "goto" your previously marked spot. It got me within
100ft of my pack in no time.
Ken R.