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Originally Posted by brecklundin
No, you have got to be kidding...I packed the entire Rubicon Trail when I was 17 by myself with my pack a tent a compass and a topo map with my fishing gear. I spent 4-6 weeks above 9500ft in either the Sierra's or Rockies every summer until I was in my early 30s and never needed more than a compass and a topo map but once you have your destination sighted you're done. All that remains is not dying...and that is the easy part. And for a living I drove 75k miles/yr for business for nearly 2-DECADES and never once got lost...dude whenever I hear or read comments like yours that you "need" these things I tag that person as food in the wild or when the lights go out...most would die without a Starbucks on 3 of 4 corners at every other intersection if one thinks they NEED a GPS to drive somewhere that is on a map. Look at it before you leave and you're done because you know where you need to be...it's that simple.
Like I said needing a GPS is like these people with the full-time 4x4 the need to navigate that moist driveway with a 3-degree incline and a hand cart for the bag of oranges in the back...
Then again GPS people are gonna be the bait when the zombies take over next year...hehehehehe...  |
After reading this "post", all I have to say is - good for you.
Besides you, there are millions of people who actually need a GPS and surprise surprise - most of them are not "food in the wild".
There are others few hundreds of millions that prefer moving around with a small device preloaded with maps for the entire planet, than bringing kilograms of enormous topographic maps.