Outdoor Quest

A solar flare that could wipe out the communications and electrical grids while frying a wide variety of electronics, quickly sending us bac...

Dictionary.com defines map scale as:   “A ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations iden...

Garmin has just introduced an android operating system for their latest GPS. From Garmin: "Monterra, Garmin’s first WiFi-enabled ou...

Are you looking for a beacon or satellite communicator?  Are looking to upgrade? I am a happy SPOT 2 user.  It works well for me and I h...

Free Maps of the Pacific Crest Trail. Yesterday during a SAR mission a team member showed me some maps that he had downloaded.  The qualit...

  Dan continues with the steps to properly set up a GPS receiver (eTrex30).  Everyone in your hiking and hunting group should consider what ...

The following post was written my my fellow SAR team member Dan M.  I am going to spread this out over a the next several days.  Lots of d...