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Fwd: [at-l] Perception - Cell Phones.
- Subject: Fwd: [at-l] Perception - Cell Phones.
- From: Jack1721 at aol.com (Jack1721@aol.com)
- Date: Fri Jan 14 18:37:53 2005
In a message dated 1/14/2005 7:22:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Jack1721
writes:
Russ
Very well put.
In a message dated 1/14/2005 3:59:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
russ.drake@navy.mil writes:
I have to chime in, I carry a cell phone with me and I honestly
don't care what someone thinks about it. I don't require nor desire their
acceptance
nor approval of carrying one. As a matter of fact, it is none of anyone's
business what
I carry in my pack and what equipment I use. I hike my hike the way I want
to hike my hike and if someone has a problem with it, it doesn't make it
mine. With that said, I am conscious of other hikers, I don't sleep in
shelters, I freely share my food, I pick up trash from sites and fire pits and haul
them out, I am friendly to ALL hikers, and most of all I respect a hiker
because of who they are not what equipment they chose to carry or not carry. If
you ever met me on the trail you will not see me chatting on the cell phone
around the shelter or near the trail. But I do use it to check in daily with
my spouse and to arrange the pick up point the next day in an out of the way
area. If that is an issue with someone then it is theirs to work through...
Get over it, the 21st century is here, there will be power lines that cross
the trail, there will be roads you have to cross, there will be aircraft flying
overhead, some hikers will carry fire arms, some hikers will be wearing
headphones on the trail, you will hear the cars on the highways, you will see
someone using a cell phone... Get over it and don't let something that disturbs
YOU destroy your entire experience and the experience that person is
attempting to have. I am not out there to ruin anyone's experience and at the same
time I will hike my own hike and bring what ever equipment I want.
I guess what ever happened to "hike your own hike" and when did we start
labeling hikers and holding one group in esteem above another by what equipment
they carry or don't carry. By the way, I also have deep lugged sole boots
and use hiking poles...AND I am a card carrying ATC member as well.
Russ