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G C Thomas Member
Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 35 | TRs | Pics Location: sequim, wa |
Amen. I carry one occasionaly when I'm by myself in the off season but I have not "had" to use it. I go to get away, to meditate and to forget about real life for a while. I almost consider being in the back country a sacred experience and I would feel defiled by such intrusions, but hey what you going to do, push her off.
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jimmymac Zip Lock Bagger
Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 3705 | TRs | Pics Location: Lake Wittenmyer, WA |
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Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:30 pm
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My phone is very light-weight. I always carry it concealed so I don't run the chance of freaking out other hikers. I am well trained in its proper use, but I keep it locked off to prevent it from going off inadvertently. It's always loaded with 9 phone numbers, and I carry even more in case the nine are not enough. Thankfully, I've never had to use it. But in carrying it and knowing how to use it, I see myself as an asset to everyone else on the trail.
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
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Allison Feckless Swooner
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 12287 | TRs | Pics Location: putting on my Nikes before the comet comes |
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Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:40 pm
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hey do you think I could borrow some flagging tape? I'll bring it right back!
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Bushwacker Comfortable
Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 834 | TRs | Pics Location: Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand |
BW
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
"Wait by the river long enough and the bodies of your enemies will float by"...Sun Tsu
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marzsit Dork
Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 884 | TRs | Pics Location: kent, wa. |
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Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:41 am
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i do carry my cell phone when hiking, but that's because it's also a gps reciever (motorola i530 from nextel)
nothing fancy, but it will give you your position when you need it. 5.22 oz. on my digital scale.
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Slugman It’s a Slugfest!
Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 16874 | TRs | Pics
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Slugman
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Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:55 am
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The problems described in the article are from inconsiderate people, not cell phones. Blabbing away during a tour or on the peak of a mountain is just as annoying if the person being spoken to is right there. If I climbed a mountain, and someone else did too, and they made a five-minute call while speaking softly, I would wait it out or wander off (if possible) until they were through. The "guess where I'm calling from" call is apparently a part of human nature, so a little common courtesy on one side and a little patience on the other side, and we can all get along. If you are surrounded by several jerks, you probably went to the wrong place to begin with.
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Newt Short Timer
Joined: 21 Dec 2001 Posts: 3176 | TRs | Pics Location: Down the road and around the corner |
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Newt
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Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:08 am
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Some how or another I've learned to not need one. Well, maybe not learned, I just don't need it. Some day maybe I'll catch up with the rest of the world.
Newt
It's pretty safe to say that if we take all of man kinds accumulated knowledge, we still don't know everything. So, I hope you understand why I don't believe you know everything. But then again, maybe you do.
It's pretty safe to say that if we take all of man kinds accumulated knowledge, we still don't know everything. So, I hope you understand why I don't believe you know everything. But then again, maybe you do.
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newdawnfades i'm no tourist!
Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 389 | TRs | Pics Location: Within Your Coverage Area |
Please don't Newt. Personally I don't go out in the woods for things to be safe and convenient, that just erodes away many of the things that nature is offering to begin with.
Nothing I can sing will bring you back. Not the songs of a hundred horses running until they become wind. Not the personal song of the rain who makes love to the earth.
Nothing I can sing will bring you back. Not the songs of a hundred horses running until they become wind. Not the personal song of the rain who makes love to the earth.
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MCaver Founder
Joined: 14 Dec 2001 Posts: 5124 | TRs | Pics
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MCaver
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Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:28 am
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I resisted cell phones completely until about 6 months ago. I just never had the need. The only reason I ended up getting one was because I realized I could talk to my family in Texas without long distance charges if I was on the right plan, and therefore wouldn't need a landline at all.
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Far Fig Newton Member
Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 57 | TRs | Pics
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Cell phones don't talk to people. People talk to people. We have a right from the conctitucion to have sell phones.
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Lead Dog Member
Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 790 | TRs | Pics Location: Kent Wa |
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Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:16 am
Cell phones
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My hair's turning white, my neck's always been red, my collor's still blue.
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newdawnfades i'm no tourist!
Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 389 | TRs | Pics Location: Within Your Coverage Area |
Al S. Enne wrote: | We have a right from the conctitucion to have sell phones. |
I won't even touch that!
Nothing I can sing will bring you back. Not the songs of a hundred horses running until they become wind. Not the personal song of the rain who makes love to the earth.
Nothing I can sing will bring you back. Not the songs of a hundred horses running until they become wind. Not the personal song of the rain who makes love to the earth.
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Lagerman UnAdvanced User
Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Posts: 1314 | TRs | Pics Location: Crab'n on the Hood Canal |
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Lagerman
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Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:55 am
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I dont see the differance in someone babbling there heads off on the trail talking to you or someone babbling there heads off talking on a cell phone. Same annoyance to me. I rather them babble there heads off on the cell phone, cause atleast then you know they aint talking to you.
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newdawnfades i'm no tourist!
Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 389 | TRs | Pics Location: Within Your Coverage Area |
You would think so, but the actual 'presence' of a cell phone is bothersome in nature IMO. I can understand a casual conversation between two buddies out hiking, it's a shared experience. But I guess anyone can do whatever they want because 'this is America!'
Just don't get upset when you get bad looks from people that actually know how to cut the damn chord and experience nature.
Nothing I can sing will bring you back. Not the songs of a hundred horses running until they become wind. Not the personal song of the rain who makes love to the earth.
Nothing I can sing will bring you back. Not the songs of a hundred horses running until they become wind. Not the personal song of the rain who makes love to the earth.
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