[pct-l] GPS

["Umstead, Tim (SD-EX)" <TUmstead@GI.com>]

If you are like most thru-hikers you will be ripping the guide books apart
and hiking from their maps.  GPS's are nice, but they give you your location
in hr:min:sec.  The small maps out of the guide books do not have that data
on them, therefore, you will not be able to cross-reference your GPS
location to the guide book maps.  GPS's will work great on the CDT, where
you carry full size maps, but, on the PCT they are just a nice little toy.
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