Posts by devcognito 3 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Jul 2017
There is nothing pleasant about air travel - from driving early to the airport, parking, queuing, being ripped off for food, being intimidated by security staff etc. etc.
It must be endured to reach a destination. It is time you will never get back. Why waste more money on it than is absolutely necessary?
Just because some people are ill prepared when walking doesn't make GPS the problem. Almost every other aspect of travel now uses GPS - many far more dangerous/critical than walking in the Lakes. Can't see a downside myself - other than battery failure - but then GPS will not tend to blow away in the wind either.
I also walk in the lakes frequently and believe phone+gps+offlinemap+spare battery to be a much better solution than paper+compass.
The paper map will not tell you where you are when visibility is poor - GPS will.
I believe the mistake people make is failing to make their maps available offline (no data in the Lakes) and not taking a spare battery.
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