When venturing into the backcountry, I’m a fan of a topographic map and a compass—GPS takes a lot of the ruggedness out of the equation.
But I’m also a fan of survival and, almost equally important these days, staying on schedule. So maybe leveraging a few satellites that are already in space isn’t such a bad [...]

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I’ve been looking for a solid GPS for a while: nothing too fancy, just something that’s light and compact and gives good directions.
You wouldn’t think this would be too difficult, especially for someone as tech savvy as me, but the number of GPS units targeted at general consumers is ludicrous; just scope out all the [...]

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