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Cloaca
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Oct 30, 2017
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I remember buying the original Casio altimeter watch after meeting a guy on the trail who had one. I asked him how far to the summit, and he looked at his watch and answered, "100 meters." It was way farther than that, and I realized he meant vertical distance, not trail distance, and his watch must have given him the number. I went to the store the next week and bought one of the newfangled contraptions. With topographic maps they are really useful. They are accurate to within plus or minus less than one contour line, even in changing weather, as long as you calibrate them to a known altitude at the trailhead before starting, so for up-down trips you know exactly where you are. I used that watch in pocket watch form long after the strap disintegrated.
By the way, is the photo Photoshopped? :-)
Oct 30, 2017
idoc72
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Oct 30, 2017
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CloacaThat Casio is an awesome backcountry tool - kind of like you mentioned, 95% of my navigation is with a good topo map and the altimeter. I tried a Suunto, but it ate through batteries fast (the Casio is a "Tough Solar" so I don't have to worry about it crapping out at a critical time), and the Casio's altimeter was more accurate anyways. No photoshopping other than color adjustment and cropping on the phone - otherwise I'd have made it a much bigger fish!
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