Re: Advice on handheld GPS ?

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

>  I have been hiking for years in northern Italy and southern Switzerland =
(Ticino) during summer using a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx.  I tend to hike mostly =
at altitudes below the treeline, in the forest, including deep valleys, and=
 I've never had a problem picking up satellites.

I second this. The 60CSx has a helical antenna that can keep tracking indoo=
rs, under forest cover, or next to cliffs. I've been using it for several y=
ears. It's best to turn it on and let it get oriented where there's a large=
 sky view, then it will be most able to hang on to the remaining signals in=
 obscured locations.

-Dan