Re: [RC] GPS - Truman Prevatt
Unless you are riding in pretty flat, open terrain - no follage cover,
no valleys, no hills, etc.- the GPS won't do much of a job with what you
want since your satellite coverage will be limited. On a ride last year
I turned my on doing a 24 mile loop just for grins. This loop was pretty
open - no trees - but there was enough blockage from hills and valleys
that the 24 miles ended up showing up as 11 on the unit.
Great tool for what it was designed to do but it does take some
judgement in reading the results.
Truman
April Johnson wrote:
So do we need to clear it with ride management to use a GPS on the
trail? I've never done a ride with a GPS, but I'm training with one
and was planning to use it on my next ride in September.
I think it's a great tool and I can't see how rule 6 would proclude
its use. It's not a human, vehicle, or another horse. It's just a big
calculator to me that tells me how far I've gone, how fast I'm going,
and my average speed. I can get that by looking at the trail map and
my watch, right? Gonna ban my watch and trail map? And the GPS has the
added benefit of getting me back to camp if I get lost for some
reason. (Anybody can follow an arrow, right? :) ). The GPS just allows
me to concentrate on my horse and the trail without having to do
annoying calculations in my head to see how fast/far we've gone.
Just curious. I don't get the endurance news. I'm planning on getting
my membership in December.
April (That thing on my head? It's the antenna to my horse's
speedometer!)
Tanna (Trot, trot, trot)
Serts (You look goofy with that thing on your head)
Daniel (COOL!)
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