Modern technology has provided valuable, sometimes even life-saving assistance for people who like to venture in the great outdoors. Hikers, mountaineers, explorers, skiers, and mountain-bikers don’t have to rely on paper maps and magnetic compass anymore. Wrist watches that provide weather, altitude and other information about the surroundings and pocket-size GPS navigation devices that keep wanderers on the right track have been available for years. In fact, serious adventurers are likely to carry both types of devices along, whereas an accidental adventurer can cope with one modern outdoors device.

The Timex Expedition WS4 wrist watch features a wide screen-format display …