[pct-l] 'Necessity' of GPS

[elee at microsoft.com (Eric Lee (GAMES))]

Yogi wrote:
>
I'd imagine that what made it difficult this year 
was all the snow.  With no trail and no footprints 
to follow, it would be easy to get lost.
 >

Yup, that's the only condition where I find a GPS to be genuinely useful
rather than just an amusing toy - when I'm going cross-country on snow.

Eric