GPS

In a recent message <[email hidden]>, Dewi
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I do the same except that the lanyard goes round my neck and I detach
the gps when I take the rucksack off. That way I am never likely to
leave the gps behind.

Never a good idea to have a lanyard around your neck...

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Or anything else, especially when you're pushing through undergrowth or
climbing over things. I carry my GPS in an Aquapac hung from the chest
strap of my sack where it's easy to turn it up to see where you're
going.

But please, no, nothing round the neck.

Regards,
Nick.
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Nick Hopton and Anne Hopton
Caversham, Reading, England
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jonsie <[email hidden]> wrote in
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i was thinking of getting one of those neoprene cases and strapping it
to the shoulder harness of my backpack...haven't really seen the thing
i want just yet!

The Geko fits very nicely into a Berghaus multi-tool case which will fit
onto a rucksack shoulder strap.

http://www.berghaus.co.uk/index.asp?bhcd2=1127145048

John

Chris Malcolm said:

Nigel Cliffe said:

Having the barometric altimeter on it is very useful in mountainous
areas with a lot of trees, altitude information is often more use
for navigation than a compass. I've found this especially useful
outside the UK, within the UK, mountains are often much less tree
covered, and the nature of routes mean that the altimeter isn't used
as much.
Also, the western side of the UK can get rapid weather changes,
which can render an altimeter useless unless re-calibrated very
frequently.

Sounds as through you're not using the very useful autocalibrate
option on the altimeter. IMHO that's one the great strengths of the
Garmin altimeter models, makes them much more useful than a
stand-alone altimeter, or the effectively stand-alone altimeters
offered by some other GPS brands.

No, I'm writing my posts insufficiently clearly.

The Etrex has automatic altimeter calibration. And I agree it is a wonderful
feature; it was pretty accurate before it lost the GPS signal, so the height
reading is probably still accurate, making the device still useful for
navigation even without satellite position.
A stand alone altimeter needs regular calibration, particularly on the
western side of the UK.

However, I still find that I don't use an altimeter much for UK navigation,
more for interest.

I've still a few GPS issues to resolve in relation to track logs, reported
distances travelled, reported amount of ascent. The manuals might cover it
if I dig deep enough.
The main issue I am not certain about is whether ascent is recorded on the
running total if the GPS track is lost (the actual height is recorded).
Might be quicker to experiment by taking the device upstairs a couple of
times :-).

- Nigel

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Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

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I do the same except that the lanyard goes round my neck and I detach
the gps when I take the rucksack off. That way I am never likely to
leave the gps behind.

Never a good idea to have a lanyard around your neck...

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Or anything else, especially when you're pushing through undergrowth or
climbing over things. I carry my GPS in an Aquapac hung from the chest
strap of my sack where it's easy to turn it up to see where you're
going.

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But please, no, nothing round the neck.

Why on earth not? You would have to try very hard even to get a gps
lanyard snagged and then even harder to actually harm yourself with it.

Not even a map case, whistle, compass or crucifix on a lanyard round the neck?

Get your rucksack snagged and that chest strap will snap your head back
unless you have a pronounced beer belly to prevent the hip belt riding
up. :-)

Incidentally when I first got a gps I too hung it from the chest strap
of my rucksack but the track results were very disappointing but then I
have a gps to tell me where I have been rather than where I want to go.

--
Roger Chapman so far this year 53 summits
New - 27 (Marilyns 13, Nuttalls 5, Outlying Fells 10)
Repeats - 26 (Marilyns 10, Nuttalls 17, Wainwrights 12, Outlying Fells 0)