 Poster: A snowHead
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| adithorp wrote: |
| Haggis_Trap wrote: |
...My stance hasn't changed.
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Is anybody surprised? |
Congratulations on making your first contribution to the thread so vacuous 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Show me anywhere in this thread were anyone has advocated not taking a map.
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| adithorp wrote: |
| Show me anywhere in this thread were anyone has advocated not taking a map. |
for sure...
| Weathercam wrote: |
| I always find it interesting when everyone says take a map/learn to use a map etc and don't rely on an app |
though lets not go round the loop again.
3 pages in and several posters persist with spurious strawman argument that carrying a map means you are dinosaur / luddite / slower / anti-technology <etc>
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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<shrug> In my own personal experience of fell rescue at least, call-outs were caused mostly by people making mistakes,
and occasionally by "happenstance". I rescued many people equipped with maps and compasses and all those things, but that
doesn't make those devices dangerous either.
| ht wrote: |
| An app not a map. .... Though this thread was never about "fat-map" vs. "paper-map". |
I'm starting to get the feeling that GPS was probably rolled out after your 30th birthday.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Doesn't say don't take a map though does it?
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| philwig wrote: |
I'm starting to get the feeling that GPS was probably rolled out after your 30th birthday. |
Nope - I am 43 and been using GPS since the first Garmin standalone units were released (circa 1998/99).
Already said, on the very first page, that I do use several apps for navigation.
Though rather than debate the issues raised (EMI, battery life, lost phone) you selective misquote me for the 2nd time in attempt to create a strawman.
Go f--k yourself, I have better things to do than reply to such ad-hom nonsense.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Haggis_Trap,
Thanks for your explanation. You seem to like your map and are well practiced with it. Good for you. I’ll use my app because for a “chimp” like me without your navigation skills and glove / map dexterity it’s just better and easier to use IMO (you might want to Google touring glove that works with a phone - most of them do  )
You really should invest in a phone that can manage more than a few hours at low temps, and/or take a replacement battery pack. I take both.
Also use my phone to take (lots of pictures), check the weather, call my helicopter pilot etc. I want it on in my pocket, not off in my backpack. Haven’t dropped it down a crevasse yet! Fortunately my touring mates also have phones in the case that I did.
Not sure if you watched the video but there was no interference between the phone and sending beacon even when they were right next to each other. My phone sits in a thigh pocket far from my transceiver. But thanks for the video - I will test it myself to be sure.
I’m going to dust off my map and compass as fully agree it’s an insurance policy but fear it wouldn’t be much use in a whiteout.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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