Measuring my height (above sea level)

[Night Train]

You can have my thingy for £15 including postage. I'll never use it.

Yes, but how much would you charge for the bike computer?

 

[Mr Pig]

Sure. It's a bit late tonight but I'll dig it out tomorrow if that's ok?

 

[Speicher]

Fine there is no rush on my account. You might be able to sell it in "Classifieds".

 

[Mr Pig]

You might be able to sell it in "Classifieds".

I'm not bothered if I sell it or not, if I don't it'll get used some day.

 

[Mr Pig]

Keep forgetting about this, sorry. Will get to it...honest ;0)

 

[Speicher]

I think I have solved the problem. Last weekend I went for a walk with someone who knows how to use their GPS thingy. So I got some idea of height climbed on the walk. We did one climb of 300 feet and several shorter climbs. I struggled on the climbing and they did the sums.

I have a birthday later in the year, so might buy myself a watch with an altimeter in it. I think a cycle computer might be a bit big to fit in my pocket, but thanks for the offer.

 

[HJ]

GPS would be your best and most accurate bet, but they do tend to be expensive.

GPS is not very accurate at estimating altitude, you need an altimeter for that, although you can get GPS units with a built in altimeter...

 

[cisamcgu]

I find the OS Explorer range at 1:24,888 plus 222 excellent for navigating by. They're the ones in the orange jacket.

Please do your own maths for the scale .

24,888+222 = 25,110 !


Odd sort of scale

 

[longers]

 

[Globalti]

I use a Casio altimeter watch. It's pretty accurate as long as you remember to set it at the correct altitude before starting off. Even if you don't you can still use it to record height gained and lost, it's quite a fun toy and it keeps the data from your last three trips out.

By the way, a good way to measure miles covered on an OS map is to count every single blue grid line you have crossed then halve the number. The further you go the more accurate this is.