by ShortTimer » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:58 pm
by ShortTimer » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:29 pm
squishy wrote:That's not a bad idea, but why don't you find 1st ascents if this is how you feel? That's real adventure...
by Dow Williams » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:37 pm
by rhyang » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:27 am
by MarthaP » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:30 am
ShortTimer wrote:I just about never look at topos to routes anymore. This does occassionally get me in trouble with us going the wrong direction, but I find it worth the risk. I guess so long as nobody gets hurt or dies I will continue to climb this way. There are already too few adventures in life and I am not going to reduce the adventure of my climbs by studying a topo.
by ksolem » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:08 am
MarthaP wrote:...So, how many of you use a GPS instead?
by mconnell » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:31 am
by armorfoot » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:06 pm
ksolem wrote:
I hate gps. Every time I have been with someone who uses gps to navigate in the wilderness it has been an epic. Gps will tell you where you are, and where you want to get to, but it takes a brain to navigate the terrain and very often the shortest distance is not a straight line...
Two things I never want to need are gps and viagra...
by MarthaP » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:06 pm
ksolem wrote:MarthaP wrote:...So, how many of you use a GPS instead?
I hate gps. Every time I have been with someone who uses gps to navigate in the wilderness it has been an epic. Gps will tell you where you are, and where you want to get to, but it takes a brain to navigate the terrain and very often the shortest distance is not a straight line...
Two things I never want to need are gps and viagra...
by Dow Williams » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:20 pm
ksolem wrote:Two things I never want to need are gps and viagra...
by surgent » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:10 pm
by ShortTimer » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:25 pm
by Guyzo » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:29 pm
squishy wrote:I think there's two kinds of topo's being talked about here..
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