In reply to MikeMarcus:
I was sceptical about all this wrist mounted GPS stuff, if you want some pics DM me and I will send them through. Basically I have the Garmin 3HR, the 3 would do the same job and is significantly cheaper. My pics are on my twitter account which i don't think UKC will let me post.
I also did the same, backed up my map with view ranger and before you knew it laziness took over and it gives you the nailed on location and your battery is being hammered.
Then I started plotting my routes on GPX be in view ranger or what ever and uploading them to be Garmin, it basically gives you a bread crumb trail which you can zoom in on and follow, it doesn't give contour definition but its enough to know on the hill by looking at it which way to go. For me its a very simple way to quickly navigate with confidence and when push comes to shove I have the GR if required.
The age old battery argument.......I did an Ironman with mine, 13 hours of constantly recording data at 5 second intervals, the battery was still going strong at the end. Walking recording i think is about every 30....so the battery life is better.
Map and Compass....yep, have them. Yep know how to use them....but more than happy to try new things and adapt to the ever changing world! Not neglecting the fundamental skills just bolstering...another string to the bow one might say.