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| I've always found that a decent topographical map combined with the excellent Swiss signage and a smidge of navigational sense is all that I ever need. Having a GPS with saved co-ordinates would seem to take part of the fun out of exploring and getting to know new places. | |
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I agree, I tend not to use GPS purely down to the fact that if you can navigate without you are in a much better position to alter your course if needs be. You can also tell the terrain you are entering into much better from a paper map then you can from even the best GPS topomaps. I see too many people in the mountains blindly following GPX tracks. I think this is highly dangerous.
A GPS should always only be an aid to navigating not your only means of navigation.