[at-l] "any watch will do..." ???

[daveh at psknet.com (David Hicks)]

In my case, "any watch will do..."  will not do -- as most who have camped 
(usually trail workers) with me know.  In fact, most watches will not do -- at 
less as far as my getting up late is concerned.

I have a three different watches my kids gave me because, "This one is so loud 
that it has to work."  Wrong!

The frequency used for alarms by nearly all watches is in a dead zone, for me.

So a tad of advice for anyone who even suspects that they may have some 
hearing loss -- have the store personnel set off the alarm for you before 
buying "any watch."

Chainsaw

BTW -- as this is primarily an AT list I agree that the many neat features now 
available to wear on the wrist may be fun, but fall well into the NBNN 
category, as far as the AT, itself, is concerned.  However, on other less well 
traveled,/marked trails everything from elevation to GPS can be helpful --  
very helpful in some cases.