Quote Originally Posted by alwaysinjured View Post
So you slip in the clag. Fall, watch comes off/breaks. Or the battery fails. You are shaken , get up. No idea where you are. What are you going to do??

Whether or not you can is academic.

You must not, without being able to do the alternative.
If you wander round in circles going hypothermic, unable to find anyone or anything because you guessed wrong where you were.

The race organisers wont thank you.
And after november debacle, fell running doesnt need more bad vibes from mountain rescue.
Surely a map is no good if you don't know where you are! I think in your fit of genuine enthusiasm, you've missed what I was getting at.