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Originally Posted by kai
I find I do not like to stop, to stand still, or to trip while I'm reading it  Technology is only helpful to the point where it speeds things up or makes things more accurate- not helpful when it hinders progress and causes confusion. |
I'm discovering that, as well. The Guadalupe River multi-use trail I hiked on Friday and again on Monday are quite rocky (and quite muddy, right now), so I found I just make waypoints while I'm "on the go". I'm sure my coordinates for trail junctions and such are a little off, but they're certainly within the ballpark for return visits and for
WildTexas.com visitors to use as a companion reference to park maps.
The only time I like stopping on a hike is to take photographs, which is evident by the 1 hour 9 minute stopped time on my
recent hike! I only actually was moving for 2 hours 15 minutes, so either I'm an overly enthusiastic photographer (too many photos) or I stopped to listen to the Q-U-I-E-T (and rain falling on my Gore-Tex hood, at other times) a bit "too often".
I am definitely declaring a moratorium on any further purchases of GPS technology in this household for awhile. Left unchecked at our current pace, I think we'd end up GPS-tagging our three cats, and that's
just SAD (particularly since they're indoor-only cats, and really only move about 25 feet per day...
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