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[at-l] Cell Phones -- Perception



I read and deleted all other threads, saving this thread for one complete 
read-through.  This is an interesting thread in only a few sad ways.

RnR is accused of diminishing people.  The only accusation I?ve read from 
him is his disappointment that there are those of us, who are both hikers 
and active on a hiking list, who cannot fathom how carrying a cell phone 
into a wild environment diminishes our experience and perhaps the experience 
of others.

Some of us have taken offense at him for voicing his disapproval, feigning 
we have been personally vilified, but have gone on to libel him for all 
sorts of specific offenses which I have never observed.

Some ask what have we done about cell phones, and cannot conceive any effect 
we can possibly have.  If this is a standard, what have we ever done about 
anything?   Ridge runners are merely educators and advocates of hiking 
etiquette.  Isn?t that positive?  Doesn?t that have some desirable effect?  
Can?t we have similar effect upon other hikers, so long as we don?t 
infuriate them?

Some contend RnR?s points are really about very little, if not nothing.  In 
this thread, I have read very few posts which have said anything.

Some complain they are tired of this thread, and proclaim they won?t address 
this thread again.  Their posts continue to appear.

Just some observations.

Steve