Etrex 32x first point on recorded track "crazy"

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    upload_2024-1-29_12-1-35.png
    Notice the 363 miles

    I erase just the first point and:

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    any ideas?
     

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    The figures don't add up, point one is 320 miles away from point 2 but it only adds 27 minutes to the elapsed time, to do this the GPS would have to travel between points 1 and 2 at 750 miles per hour

    The bottom line is that point one is false, this could be because the GPS is storing a false position as it has only just been turned on and it has insufficient satellites to give a correct position, however I wouldn't expect an error in position of hundreds of miles under any circumstances, so it may be that point one was from a previous trip, have you been to that location ?
     
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    The strange thing is that the first point is close to the next point (on Base Camp they are next to one another).
     
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    Could it be the way I initiate the GPS. When I start a walk I "erase both track and trip data"? Should I do anything more than that?
     
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    That is all I would expect to do at the start of a walk, it may be worth doing a factory reset on the 32x but you need to copy all Waypoints, Tracks, Routes etc. from the unit first as they will be erased in the reset process

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    Restoring All Default Settings
    You can reset all settings back to the factory default settings. 
    Select Setup > Reset > Reset All Settings > Yes.
    
     
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    Thank you...
     
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