THE DREAM:
As a backpacker, I'd love to be able to snag a GPS generated "path" (route, track, whatever you want to call it) from one of you out there who have done a trail before, drop it into my GPS, and go. On the trail, I'd be able to use my GPS to see the exact time and distance between waypoints included by the previous backpacker, as well as dropping my own. (For sights, water holes, danger points, junctions, etc.). Back at home, I'd save my "path" and maybe upload it to the web for others to use.
Well, I guess I don't share the dream. I would never want to follow someone else's path, and I wouldn't want someone to follow mine. My hole purpose for backpacking is getting away from people and hiking my own hike, no one else's. I find it fun to use that ol' map and compass technology. However, if I did forget how to use a map, and I had lost my truck in the snow, I can see how a GPS could come in handy... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Just kidding Jim. Actually, that would be the only reason for a GPS, finding my truck in a snow storm. To each his own. YMMV alot. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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