i’m taking some online training this week and yesterday the instructor and i shared our enthusiasm for getting out of the city and hiking.

he told a story where a few years back he put a bunch of money in to a fancy hiking gps that included topographic maps and details on lots of trails in his region. he got up on his first hike, calibrated the unit and then spent the rest of the walk in the woods concentrating on the silly little electronic device. he hadn’t enjoyed the outdoors at all.

the next day, the store he bought the unit from had one more fancy gps in stock.