As a lifelong hiker, I’ll cut straight to the point here – of course you don’t need a GPS watch for hiking. But you might want one. I finally started wearing a running watch about six months ago and, ...

A modern hiking GPS might be faster, but some modern smartphones are faster too. My HTC Incredible was only about 10 seconds to lock-up if memory serves in most conditions, my SGS3 is faster than that ...

Learning how to utilise GPS for hiking navigation might be a valuable addition to your outdoor arsenal. While no single navigational tool is a ‘magic bullet’ for navigating in the outdoors (you should ...