When the length of the route is 1600 kilometres covering even the smallest forest roads, thorough route planning saves from many troubles. Our trip was divided into a fifteen 100-150 kilometre parts and all these parts were further divided into 10-30 route spots or in GPS language into waypoints. All the patrol leaders had Magellan GPS device in their use. Paper maps on which the waypoints had been marked and a separate waypoint list were given to all the participants. Navigating with the help of the exact map would have been possible certainly, but with the help of GPS it is not necessary to stop at every crossing to check the location from the paper map. 

One can always see a distance and direction to the next waypoint from the GPS that has been installed for example in the handlebar of the bike. The device warns of the approaching waypoint for example 300 metres before it and when waypoint is reached it automatically changes to the following point.

Traveling is far from foolproof even by this way. When crossings are near to each other or small roads unmarked to the map it is very easy to take the wrong way. But even in this case by observing the GPS one can notice the mistake soon because the following waypoint does not approach from the right direction. With a small practice the use is fast learned and going seriously astray will require either the breaking of GPS or running out of it’s battery. 

If one has not build a power supply to the GPS from bike’s electrical system (the best way), a few series of extra batteries are worth carrying along. Especially in cold weather the device eats it’s batteries fast.