Garmin etrex

Being a keen hill/mountain walker I have been aware of GPS for a few years but have never felt the need to buy one because a) what is wrong with a map and compass and b) they can be expensive. But now with being successfully selected for the Geo Art Cache project I decided it was time to invest.

I plumped for the Garmin etrex - a mid range model with an accurate altimeter. This was a feature that is important in the mountains. I spent Christmas trying to set it up and then took it with me on a New Year trip to Scotland and tried it out on a few Munros. I quickly found out that it is only as accuarte as the information you give it and six-figure grid references aren't very useful!