Know How CAMPCRAFT | EXPERT TIP | TECHNIQUE | FOOD | GEAR [ in the PaCk ] Help I’m Alive SIX COOL TOOLS FOR STAYING FOUND
WAY FINDING B R U N T O N
Eclipse 8099 Brunton’s all-in-one compass with sighting mirror, base plate, declination adjustment and clinometer systems make navigation easy (and possible) through even the toughest backcountry areas. Dust off your Boy Scout Handbook for instructions.
$95 US
www.brunton.com
C A S I O Pathfinder
PAW2000-1 When your life is riding on your equipment working, don’t trust batteries. The Pathfinder PAW2000-1 runs on solar power and comes with all the must-have tools—a digital compass, altimeter, barometer and thermometer—for the hard-core adventurer. And it tells time!
$380 US
www.casiousa.com
MESSAGING
F O X 4 0 Sonik
Blast CMG New for 2010, this pealess whistle emits over 120 decibels. It’s the loudest whistle ever produced by Fox40 with four sound resonators built into two chambers. A classic tool you can’t (by law) be without.
$10 CDN
www.fox40world.com
S P O T
Satellite GPS Messenger
When you need to send
family, friends or emergency services a message, count on the SPOT GPS Messenger. The improved and smaller
SPOT offers better, customized one-way satellite messaging. $170 CDN
www.findmespot.com
POSITIONING A P P L E
iPhone 3GS
The downloadable apps for the latest iPhone allow you to find your location with an onboard GPS and plot on topos, marine charts, roads and Google Earth. Or download any of the 250 iTunes tracks that contain the phrase, “I’m lost.”
$700–$800 CDN (device only)
www.apple.com
D A V I S
Mark 3 Sextant Learn the lost art of celestial navigation. The ancient tool
that guided explorers around the globe with extreme
accuracy—the navigational sextant—is now available in
affordable, lightweight plastic. $60 US
www.davisnet.com
—SP 26 EARLY SUMMER 2010
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