Re[2]: [at-l] Cell phone connection availability

[DTimm65344@aol.com (DTimm65344@aol.com)]

In a message dated 03/19/02 10:03:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
RoksnRoots@aol.com writes:


> This area of the AT is close to developed areas and road crossings. A 
> cell phone is very unnecessary here in terms of dire need for rescue. 
> Analyzing this case in particular shows that if the hiker had a very 
> serious 
> injury where hours were critical to her survival she probably would have 
> died 
> because of the reliance of the phone instead of the instincts and map 
> ability 
> of the hikers. I don't want to make a joke of the matter, but I suppose one 
> 
> could equally ask a pro-cell phone person if they would want to face the 
> family members of that woman and tell them a cell phone was more important? 
> 
> (I say that jokingly of course), though there is truth to it in this 
> instance... 
> 

Excellent point.  I do not see, nor have I ever espoused, why any responsible 
person would enter a wilderness area without a pretty good sense of access 
and egress options - hence the value of maps/compasses and an ability to read 
them.  There are other resources which can be of value in various emergency 
situations, such as the Companion.  For some (but I realize not all), a cell 
phone qualifies as one other.

Black&blue



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