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Lightweight heavy load packs: are they really "better?" I keep waiting for something to come along that is "better" than what I now use. I have a year 2000 version Kelty Cloud 60. I have removed all the extra clips and the frame sheet (I fol... |
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Re: The answer is No. Robert: which GPS unit are you saying can't use lithium batteries? |
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Re: Re: Foretrex 101 and Lithium Batteries The shot is taken in SEKI from Monarch Divide across the South Fork of the Kings with the Great Western Divide in the background. |
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Re: The answer is No. Robert: which GPS unit are you saying can't use lithium batteries? |
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My Experience with my Foretrex 101 I got it and have been having fun playing with it. I am definitely amazed. It works reasonably well under light tree cover. I have used it on two day hikes to map the trail. I just turn on tr... |
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Foretrex 101 and Lithium Batteries Can lithium batteries be used in the Foretrex 101 GPS unit? If yes, which setting should be used - "Alkaline" or "NIMH?" |
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Re: John, thougts on wrist compass HI Brett! One of the main trail heads into the Sierras is Florence Lake in the Sierra National Forest. It is the starting point for hikes into Evolution Basin, and the northern area of Kings Ca... |
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The compromise I also agree that setting the declination is important - otherwise too much effort screwing around with adding, subtracting and making mistakes. I see the purchase of a GPS device as an need to ... |
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Re: Re: Compass w/ Good Sighting and Baseplate The Brunton 54LU compass looks great - only 1.4 oz, but you can't set the declination. |
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Lost Art Right - navigating with a compass is a lost art. I learned how to do it in 1959 as a Blister Rust Control Checker for the USFS in the Sierras. We used to run parallel statistical sampling lines f... |
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