There are other places in the same area that render the GPS useless.under big timber canopies.

I had been in he area before but from different directions.so my knowledge of the terrain saved me that time. Only reasoning I have is that there was must have been a magnetic influence.I turned around and walked straight back towards the truck.hit the road about 20 yards away. I knew they were wrong because I pretty much walked a straight line.very little diviation.reprod patch.very open between trees. The gps is a rhino.and the compass just a standard camper clear acrylic plastic housing. I, while hiking in behind a gated mountain with my wife, developed a case of cold sweats.was this a case of odd hypothermia setting in.don't know.but when we got back to house I had a temperature of 102°.not one to worry about things much.I took a hot shower and put in a new linoleum floor.even went hunting the next couple days.not too smart. They never recovered dad.no ideas.may have fallen into or crawled into a hole in the rocky terrain.RIP. Guy and dad and third guy went on day hike in from camp at a place called Agnes.dad made it back to camp before dark.son and other guy(younger men, not kids) still out.dad went out in search.son made it back.son went out searching for dad.apparently the other guy was lost.son searched and went back to camp.other guy is absolutely horrified from becoming lost for a night so he stayed in camp.son went back out looking for dad.no find.other guy sent to nearby restaurant/ grocery to call for help.storm came in.coast guard couldn't help.storm lasted two anwhile people on foot couldn't see much because of low clouds and fog and reported freezing temps. I was relating this story in another thread.

Don t go into the long grass