[at-l] Re: Modern Devices, etc.

[Snodrog5 at aol.com (Snodrog5@aol.com)]

In a message dated 3/10/04 1:53:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, TrailR@aol.com 
writes:

> Baxter has 
> already done it. The reason they did was wildness preservation short and 
> simple. 
> 

Not really. There are many two-way radios all over the Park, in every 
official vehicle, every Park building, and carried by every Ranger in the 
backcountry. The ability to communicate with civilization is there, cell phone ban or 
not. The cell phone ban was prompted by an incident when a touron called out and 
demanded a helicopter be dispatched to the Hunt Spur because she was too tired 
to climb back down. Since stupidity was beyond the ability of the Park 
Director to ban, he banned the tool used. The ban is rather pointless, since 
reportedly the only signal a cell can get in Baxter is from a high southfacing 
mountainside. The overwhelming majority of visitors couldn't use their cell phone if 
they tried.
If "wildness" was really an issue, the Park would remove all the cabins and 
refrain from using two way radios, generators, passenger cars, snowmobiles, 
chainsaws, etc.
The Baxter ban has nothing to do with philosophical anti-cell feelings.
TJ