[pct-l] GPS and Guidebooks

[reynolds@iLAN.com (Reynolds, WT)]

most people don't think a GPS is necessary on a thruhike. However, if you
decide to use one I would download my topo! trace of the PCT and create
waypoints for each section. Since most GPS won't store more than 500
waypoints you will need to discard and upload waypoints every so often. An
alternative is printing out the waypoints on a piece of paper and refrencing
them if you need them. Somehow this seems too much work to me but if you
want to do it......

-----Original Message-----
From: david osborne [mailto:dmosborne@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 6:49 PM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] GPS and Guidebooks


Hello All:

id here.

I plan on using the two guidebooks as my source of maps during my 2002 
thruhike.  However, the lat/longs have been cut off to save space.  If I 
bring along a gps, how will it help me if I'm lost?  Without a map that has 
coordinates on it, it seems like a gps would be pretty useless.  If anyone 
out there has figured a way around this problem, please post it.

Thanks.

id
dmosborne@hotmail.com

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