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simon3
2012-04-08 06:46:14
Re Maps Consultation
PuterMan, you'll get the unwary all wound up with this implication of the unworthiness of the gps-ists amongst us. Using a gps properly has huge advantages such as accuracy, speed to navigate, relative imperviousness to the weather and knowing/sharing where you went.

While it is extremely unwise for people to visit the hills without being equipped to use basic map & compass, this is not a reason to ignore the truly huge advantage of proper gps use. And it is no use raising scare stories about gps's control - it is on the way to being offered by 4 countries/unions.

Gps units do not eat batteries - they use rechargeables. Gps units do not fail that often or have 'comms' problems whatever they are. Complete cheaper Gps units from the like of Garmin cost less than a couple of car tank fills. The basic chips for gps cost under $2 so they will become more and more prevalent in devices such as phones, cameras etc.

Use of gps does of course have challenges like potential loss of situational awareness through overconfidence but these are lesser problems than those using map and compass with its step counting or error prone timing, requirement for detail rich maps and time-wasting direction finding.

WAI offer courses on Modern Navigation and Gps - see April newsletter.
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Summit Comment
Soarns Hill: Forested summit
slemish 10 hours ago.
Getting to the summit of Soarns Hill is difficult and the extensive forestry means that views are severely limited. But as it qualifies under MV prominence rules, off I went to climb it. I parked ...

  
Summit Comment
Soarns Hill: Local summit visit
Harry Goodman 10 hours ago.
Climbed Soarns Hill to-day as one of the 100 listed hills nearest to my home. I used three5four0's very helpful route description. The following additional information may be useful. The second...

  
Forum: General
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BleckCra 22 hours ago.
Thank you kevin carroll. If I can put a smile on that contrary face, the Matterhorn should be a cakewalk.

Forum: Suggestions
Re Main Area Display, logging
simon3 a day ago.
The suggestion is that the list of summits for a mountain area obtained by asking for More Detail for the mountain area show whether or not the summit has been climbed. This has now been implement...

  
Track
Varied, strenuous wild Bluestacks walk.
simon3 a day ago.
This varied route explores the two Ardnageers, Croaghbane, C walk, Length:21.0km, Climb: 999m, Area: Ardnageer SW Top, Bluestack Mountains (Ireland)

  
Summit Summary
Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views.
Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a day ago.
Meenanea is a summit of low prominence on the ridge from Cronamuck to Croaghbarnes. It is most likely that it will be reached as part of a traverse along this ridge. It has excellent views towa...

Summit Summary
Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge.
Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a day ago.
This summit can be reached using the ridge extending NE from Croaghbarnes and there are suggestions it could be reached from Commeen to the north on the R253. Cronamuck has views over towards Gau...

  
Track
A circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills
mcrtchly 3 days ago.
Park at S112081 and walk north along the road for about 170m walk, Length:11.7km, Climb: 620m, Area: Crohan West, Knockmealdown Mountains (Ireland) C

  
Forum: General
A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"?
Conor74 a day ago.
Think none of the Scavvies so far have tackled the Dunkerrons, and the Cloon Horseshoe at its heart - Mullaghanattin, Beann, Finnararagh and then moving all the way on to Knocknagantee and swingin...

Summit Comment
Carrigawaddra: The Loo valley: yes you can!, but don't...
thomas_g 3 days ago.
Parked at the gravel area at the road junction at Loo Bridge, walked towards Kenmare on the R569 to a gate, then followed the muddy track to a green field (savour it, it will be the last you'll se...

  
Track
Walks Around Port 2
gerrym 4 days ago.
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland)

  
Summit Comment
Agnew's Hill: Shapely scarply Sallagh Braes
simon3 a week ago.
North of the summit and over a road is the 2km long arc of Sallagh Braes, a spectacular semicircle of a valley where the higher ground to the west (left) falls away towards the sea. This pictur...


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