hello all, my girlfriend gave me a
core light green for xmas(i know xmas is not even close, i am so spoiled
), i love the watch so far, But i need your help, i would like to make sure i understand the baro/alt fonction, i am not asking to understand everything 100%, just want to make sure i know how it work for the use i will make of it. and for that i will use a feature that i like a lot in the instruction manual, the "possible real life situation". the situation is that i am climbing a mountain and i know the altitude of the summit and i want to track my progress as i climb.
here it is:
i arrive at pinkham notch, NH, USA, at 6pm, i will sleep in my westfalia and start hiking tomorrow at 6am, right now my watch is set at baro, i check the weather report at pinkham notch to make sure the actual atmospheric pressure is the same on my watch, and it is.
6am, i am ready to start hiking (i check baro again, its matching), i switch the baro for altimeter, since i know the altitude of pinkham notch, i have both the pressure and altitude as a reference value, which one should i use?
i reach the top, check the altitude, it is not the same, i correct the reference value? let say i dont have access to atmospheric pressure on top. i start getting down, but i get really tired when i am at the lean-to and decide i will sleep there for the night, i switch my watch to baro? because if i dont, i might not have correct reading in the morning when i am ready to leave?
does this make sense?
am i completely off?
Francois