RE: [at-l] cell-phones

["Tom Caggiano" <hikenet@interactive.net>]

Cell phones work on line of site and on
the AT ridgelines and its narrow pathway in most locations you have access
if you wish to take one; however, when hiking out
west, many times you can not "get"
a cell phone as their is not
a cell phone tower in reachable connect.

Cell phones do not work in a valley unless the tower in on that ridgeline.

For some people hiking they desire
no safety equipment, for others with
family commitments such as a spouse and children, it's part of a safety
package for them but I use it for ordering the pizza from the trailhead
going into town :)

now that's really important ???

bear bells



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