[cdt-l] Does using GPS diminish the experience?

[Chris]

I for one am not ashamed to say that I would probably be dead by 
now had I not had the help of a GPS on my long CDT hikes.

But YMMV...

Spur ;-)

http://www.artofthetrail.com



On Tue Dec 26 10:14:31 PST 2006, Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> 
wrote:

> This type of discussion ends up being what I call
> "Thru-hiker angels on the head of a pin". Something
> that is only discussed on hiking forums and is
> theoretical. :)
> 
> 
> In reality, whether you take a GPS or don't take a GPS
> is not going to diminish your experience. Take one,
> don't take one. The kind of experience you have on the the trail 
> is
> what you put into the hike. The sunsets are still
> awesome, the remoteness of the trail is still
> wonderful, the journey is still rewarding.
> 
> Just enjoy the hike one way or another. I did not take
> a GPS, friends of mine did. All of us had one hell of
> an experience.
> 
> 
> 
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