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<blockquote data-quote="P7M13" data-source="post: 2243298" data-attributes="member: 94154"><p>Learned pre Internet, pre GPS with Topos and Bruntons. Geologist.</p><p>Used to carry a protractor in the '80s but I can lock the needle and use the graduations on the compass. I don't do intersections with precise coordinates and yet have met up with other parties at agreed locations in the Jefferson, Mt. Hood and Goat Rocks Wilderness areas.</p><p>I've had GPS fail on me 2x (units died), and batteries fail more than once. The early 2K units used to suck at acquiring satellites. I still carry GPS to place pins in places of interest, but the only time I'll use the GPS is in deep forest in conjunction with a compass.</p><p>Topos don't show you things like narrow canyons, cliffs, or impassable boulder fields. Neither does GPS.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="P7M13, post: 2243298, member: 94154"] Learned pre Internet, pre GPS with Topos and Bruntons. Geologist. Used to carry a protractor in the '80s but I can lock the needle and use the graduations on the compass. I don't do intersections with precise coordinates and yet have met up with other parties at agreed locations in the Jefferson, Mt. Hood and Goat Rocks Wilderness areas. I've had GPS fail on me 2x (units died), and batteries fail more than once. The early 2K units used to suck at acquiring satellites. I still carry GPS to place pins in places of interest, but the only time I'll use the GPS is in deep forest in conjunction with a compass. Topos don't show you things like narrow canyons, cliffs, or impassable boulder fields. Neither does GPS..... [/QUOTE]
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