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RE: [RC] GPS at Rides - David LeBlancRoger Rittenhouse said: Well since you asked, yes- a very few 'over bearing make your own rules as we go along' RM have indeed said NO GPS on his rides? I haven't seen any of those up here. I hope they're few and far between. Go figure.. a tool that helps the rider pace and may help them to keep speed down and not get lost .. but then there just MAY be some one with the topo map that would CHEAT OH-NO :)) and cut trail - image that?? I have seen rides that don't distribute maps because it is too easy to cut trail. Seems like even if you did have a map, you'd need to know where the trail goes to know where to cut. IMHO, if it is that easy to cut trail, the RM ought to put a volunteer out to "assist" people in going the right direction. Personally, I think honest people are going to stay on trail (assuming they can find it <g>), GPS or not, and dishonest people will find ways to be dishonest. There's lots of situations where it's nice to remove temptation, but this isn't one of them. I wish I'd had one running when I managed to turn a 25 into a 40 - I'd have figured out a lot sooner that I was going the wrong way. Being the geeky sort, I'd also like to be able to go home and upload the track into my topo map and see just how much elevation change there was to better understand the horse's conditioning and think about how I might want to do the ride next time. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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