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if you can find your position on the map with the GPS it has done a major job...


That's mostly what I use mine for.

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I, for some unexplained reason, like looking around and identifying land marks and observing everything going on around me.


Yep, I hated that "I don't remember any of this" feeling I got when I was hurrying, trying to beat sunset, back to camp or my car. Even worse is when I took friends out and they started getting nervous.