RE: [at-l] Re: Cell Phones

[" bluestreak" <bluestreak@mailcity.com>]

Cell phones are a personal decision. I would not take one on the trail with me cause it represents many of the things I want to get away from. However if someone can bring a cell phone into the woods with them and still enjoy the wilderness experience then more power to them I just don't see how.
For me the real rub is when someone substitutes  a cell phone for common sense , preparedness and backcountry skills. Some think they can just "make a call" and get themselves out of trouble.We see this every year here in the whites.
To each his/her own.


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the bluestreak
New Hampshire

On Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:18:43    L. Clayton Parker wrote:
>Uh oh, I'm in trouble. I run my own company. I am always working, even when
>I am on vacation. I always have a cell phone with me. I have been hanging on
>a rope on the side of a mountain with said cell phone against my ear. The
>ONLY way I would EVER get to hike at all is if I brought it with me. So am I
>in the dog house?
>
>Wait! In my own defense I would like to offer that I don't even carry a
>flashlight, just candle lanterns. Does that excuse any of my sins? 
>
>Lee I Joe
>
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