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Danger - you could get killed! ... more people get killed on sidewalks, than in the mountains. I've seen people wearing sandals and shorts while walking on the sidewalk one time. I told them that if they had to dodge a car when it came flying through the intersection, the sandals would cause...

Challenging Mountaineering One thing to consider is that the term Most "Challenging" Mountaineering, does not always equate to technical difficulty of an ice climb..... Total commitment (exposure, distance/access to support and/or help, self sustainance), environement & conditions (temp...

I have my rights..... Damn it.... if I can't use my GPS onboard the airplane, then I'll take my business elsewhere!!!! ..... after all I have a very special relationship with my GPS.... it's not just a tool.... it's a companion.. :p it talks to me and I talk to it, in GPS-speak: I ask it...

...yea! Vista owner. Happy. I'm taking it with me to the presidentials this weekend. Bringing a small photocopied section of paper map as well - for back up. The biggest problem with reception is mountains and land features. Your torso will shield the unit from satellites, but your finger...

whatever works at the end of the day - whatever works..... works........ the wall........

Downsampling & Waypoint organization Neil, OZI Explorer does exactly that - down sampling. The function is called: Track Filter. It allows you to set the Min and Max "leg distance", as well as the Max Deviation in distance and Max Deviation in angle / direction. Super simple! Arghman...

So, How does it look?....... at say Appalachia....... 2 feet, 3 feet, 5 feet? the wall........

tracks vs. plots Just to clarify a few points. A "TRACK" is a so-called bread-crumb trail, a set of position points stored in memory of the unit as you hike. The feature must be turned on in order for the track to be stored. The Rino110 can store 2048 points. These points can then be...

Depends who you talk to I cracked the glass screen on my Vista about 1 or 2 years ago, by jamming the unit into my computer case pocket that was full of other junk. I emailed them, with the story of my stupidity, and told them I was travelling to the mountains in 3 weeks and needed the unit...

Hurray...... I think...... Simple request: Can a group of hikers (together or independently) please make the trek into the king ravine this weekend and early next week?....... reason being that I don't want to have to haul in my snow shoes the weekend of the 18'th. Having a dozen or so...

Climbing the king ravine Once again, thanks for all the info. As mentioned, I'm familiar with the gully and its' techincal challenges and objective hazards. Our success rate is 3 out of 6 so far - primarily due to the conditions of the snow/ice and risk of avalanche. Mixed terrain (snow/ice...

King Ravine conditions Thanks for the info. We're actually planning on climbing up the Great Gully - fairly prominent gully, just to the right of the great gully trail, and basically on the far (western) corner of the headwall, as compared to the king ravine trail. Did you notice the standard...

Anyone been into the king ravine in the last few days? What's the snow depth at the ravine base?.... the wall.....

Waas & Dgps You're right arghman. True Differential GPS is based on supplemental fixed earth-station receivers, which then send data to mobile receivers that are coupled to the GPS unit. The DGPS feature implemented in the Vista, uses WAAS Satellites for the same "similar" differential mode...

Accuracy & Compass features The compass in the GPS has ZERO to do with the GPS function. It's a totally separate bunch of electronics, housed in the same box as the GPS. The compass is a small chip which senses the lines of earths magnetic field (very simplified explanation), and sends that...

other uses Of course, I've used my GPS for other things (serious and fun): - confirm my car's speedo reading error, for use agaist speeding ticket charges - navigate my boat at night or in fog, through skinny channels and inbetween the 30,000 islands (sometimes when you know bad weather is...

M & C Nessmuk I suppose confirms my prior point: "...the reality is that most people only use a compass for fun / to practice the skill..." - the implied statement is that people are generally not lost in the woods: they see the land-marks look at the map and get an instant fix. Easy as pie...

GPS is great Since a nice topo map would get shredded on the 1'st hike in the mountains, I always make a color copy of the area I plan on hiking (both regular scale and enlarged versions). Bringing a copy of a map in a zip-loc bag, and a compass, I agree, is pure common sense. So has anyone...

Bad Batch or Design Changes I have used my Denali's for many years - I bought mine the first year they came out. The only problem I ever had with them was the strength of the binding web material. MSR had replaced the bindings for me for free, even though it was an "heavy use / abuse related...

MEC: Goretex Overmitts here is the menu: 3 different kinds of overmitts MEC does mail order, and they really stand behind their product. the wall........