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from "Jack Harrison" contains these words:


"Will" wrote
When I go walking any distance I also take compass,
survival bag, spare warm clothing, whistle, map, phone etc etc .

I think we would allow you a GPS nowadays, or is that too "wimpish"?

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When I am doing geological survey work in very remore areas, I always
carry an EPIRB. Mobile signals can be of doubtful quality and a GPS
only tells you where you are dying (:-)

Phil.

From the Kyle of Sutherland - 175 feet AMSL (NH616916)
(40 miles north of Inverness)