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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 1398594" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>When I was about 12 years old I got separated from my dad in Washington dark timber. I started to walk faster and faster and at one point fell into the beginnings of panic and at that point you quit using your brain which is the only thing that will get you out of a mess in dark timber. After a few minutes of stumbling around uselessly I got my senses back and asked myself how I was going to get out of this fix. Then it occurred to me, head uphill high enough to see something. I did, spotted the Timber Mountain lookout which gave me and idea of which was North and which was South and I was able to fine my way back to the truck. I've been in tougher spots since then but once you realize panic will just get you killed it is pretty easy to stay level headed.</p><p></p><p>And yes I have had a GPS unit off by half a mile. That was a brain teaser until, once again, I figured I just had to locate a known landmark to compare to what it was telling me. That was a cheap Garmin that had worked fine for years. I upgraded soon after as I figured it just went bad - even the best electronics won't last forever. I always carry 7.5 minute topo maps and a good compass just in case all the electronics goes to hell and in this case they were helpful to say the least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 1398594, member: 63138"] When I was about 12 years old I got separated from my dad in Washington dark timber. I started to walk faster and faster and at one point fell into the beginnings of panic and at that point you quit using your brain which is the only thing that will get you out of a mess in dark timber. After a few minutes of stumbling around uselessly I got my senses back and asked myself how I was going to get out of this fix. Then it occurred to me, head uphill high enough to see something. I did, spotted the Timber Mountain lookout which gave me and idea of which was North and which was South and I was able to fine my way back to the truck. I've been in tougher spots since then but once you realize panic will just get you killed it is pretty easy to stay level headed. And yes I have had a GPS unit off by half a mile. That was a brain teaser until, once again, I figured I just had to locate a known landmark to compare to what it was telling me. That was a cheap Garmin that had worked fine for years. I upgraded soon after as I figured it just went bad - even the best electronics won't last forever. I always carry 7.5 minute topo maps and a good compass just in case all the electronics goes to hell and in this case they were helpful to say the least. [/QUOTE]
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