From: Paul Sorenson
ase in point - she was following her GPS...from the August 7th Los
Angeles Times
*http://tinyurl.com/kjpscl*
<quote>An 11-year-old boy died in the intense heat of Death Valley
National Park after he and his mother became stranded and survived for
several days on bottled water, Pop-Tarts and cheese sandwiches,
authorities said Friday.
Alicia Sanchez, 28, of Las Vegas was found severely dehydrated and
remained hospitalized in Las Vegas a day after being found with her dog,
her dead son and a Jeep Cherokee buried up to its axles in sand. She
told rescuers in San Bernardino County that her son Carlos died
Wednesday, days after she fixed a flat tire and continued into Death
Valley, relying on directions from a GPS device in the vehicle.
?It?s in about as remote and isolated an area as you can find,? Death
Valley National Park Chief Ranger Brent Pennington told the Associated
Press. ?How she got to that point, I don?t know.?</quote>
http://www.army.mil/features/507thMaintCmpy/AttackOnThe507MaintCmpy.pdf
The commander made several mistakes. He was on the wrong route entirely,
but the critical mistake was he didn't know his map, he didn't know his
route.
The GPS pointed straight ahead to his objective which was still miles
and miles away. THE ROAD that led to his objective turned left. He didn't.
John Sessoms wrote:
>
> I taught map reading and land navigation in the Army. I do NOT rely on
> a GPS to tell me where I'm going. I've learned that when the GPS & the
> paper map disagree, more often it's the GPS that's wrong ... assuming
> the GPS can actually get a signal and it's not stuck somewhere miles
> behind you.
>
> My experience is about 25% of men can learn to read a map well enough
> to navigate by it.
>
> Same for women, but it takes them longer to get beyond the "I'll never
> be able to do this" stage.
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