Or maybe a weather forecast, such as your "elevation" increasing while you're going downhill.


Constantly having to adjust a watch is a pain, too. I have enough trouble with our semiannual time changes to/from daylight time.

I've checked out a number of those expensive watches, and none have a loud enough alarm to wake me up in the morning which is what I need if I want to get on the trail early to avoid afternoon thunderstorms. Of course the cheap watches' alarms aren't loud enough either, but at least it's less money and less buk/weight on my wrist.