On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:58 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 01:02 PM 8/12/2010 Thursday, Shawn Wright wrote:
>
>> I've often thought having an altimeter in the van would be a useful
>> addition
>> when driving in the mountains, as knowing the elevation of a pass doesn't
>> tell the whole story if you don't know your current elevation. Has anyone
>> tried one with any success?
>>
>
Most of the time I use the info on my Casio Pathfinder. I'll adjust it to a
roadside sign
and follow it if I'm curious about altitude ... also carry a Garmin Colorado
400T that
is more accurate (I think) and sometimes consult that. The Casio is on my
wrist and
the Garmin I often carabiner-clip to a bungee cord I have strung between the
small
coat hanger nubs that are on the B pillar. Both are usually accurate to
within about
100'. These came in handy recently in Idaho/Montana/Wyoming on a lot of back
roads a mountain dirt roads (Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range). It's mostly
out
of curiosity and sometimes taking GPS Long/Lat reads for location.

bob