[at-l] Technology on the trail...LONG..

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

We are on the same page. I like the cell phone for emergency use, and will 
never use it (again) to call home given the real intrusion it is for me and 
for those I would call. I also took a weather radio but also with FM on my 
last section. I liked knowing the weather problems I was looking at were as 
bad as I thought they were. I regretted turning to NPR and learning about 
Santana High School shootings and our VP's "normal" coronary stent 
occlusion. I really didn't need to know that others were stupid out there.

Wilderness has more to do with frame of mind and ability to deal with the 
environment. Wilderness can be in the Bronx, for instance, if you are 
looking for educated reasonable people. ;-) If we were really after 
wilderness experiences, we would put on loin cloths and carry little gear 
as we dealt with nature on equal terms. I am glad that folks get out there 
and share what is available in nature, even if I have to hear Momsie call 
Buffie from the top of Springer on her Nokia PDA combo.

OrangeBug

At 08:39 AM 5/1/2001 -0500, kahley7 wrote:
>....  If everytime you are lonely, you
>reach out for your phone rather than reach inward to yourself then I think
>you may be missing a greater thing than wilderness.  That's why I asked
>the first question about being afraid of using the phone too much.  If it's
>there, you need the discipline to not use it.  Just as you need self 
>discipline
>not to yellow blaze.  Of course some people use their radio for almost the
>same purpose and there is nothing wrong with that if that is your choice.
>In fact, I think a radio is probably a more intrusive element as it brings 
>news....
>AAAACCCCKKK...evil news ... into the wilderness  And you might intentionally
>or inadvertently share that intrusion by talking about it to other wanderers