Your GPS probably knew where you were at that point,whether you do or not is a different question. If you are blindly following a GPS trail you probably have no idea of where your surroundings you are simply playing the game of trying to keep your moving dot on the line. Have you see the number of people using google maps on their phone that blindly walk into a lamp post/road/someone else?
I have an idea though, why not publish deliberately wrong GPS trails? perhaps co-opt the help of those who move flags / route markers for whatever reason.
Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
One day a person up loads a route to the GPS device. The said runner follows the shortest and most direct point between checkpoints.
Because runner had failed to check on a map about the dangers on the direct route. Runner is found dead by MR teams four hours after the end of the race at the bottom of who knows what.
Do we still allow said devices in our sport?
Horrible, hard hitting and just waiting to happen.
A few years ago on this site I commented that I could see fell running/races splitting into "traditional" and whatever the opposite of traditional is. Nobody commented, I was obviously bonkers.
So I am saying it again, in case I pop my clogs before it happens.
Real fell running or dumbed down