[pct-l] Introductions and IPhone question

[Laura Fox]

Hi!  I used an iPhone to journal on my 2008 thru-hike, and I thought it was
great.  I am not a huge journaler though, so I did not write very long
entries.  It is relatively easy to type on an iPhone with your thumbs, and
it gets easier over time, but if I wanted to write long entries I think it
would have gotten annoying.  I wrote a short entry almost every night using
the notepad function, and then when I had service, usually in town, I would
email them to my postholer journal (it has an email posting function).  My
journal is at postholer.com/flora.aux if you want to see how I did -- the
vast majority of the during-hike entries were iPhone typed ... I think it
made my writing a little stunted, but I wasn't trying for anything too
poetic anyway, just a record of my hike.  I don't remember much about AT&T
coverage though because I didn't use my phone for talking while out on the
trail, and usually just attempted to email-post my entries when in town.
Once in awhile though I would turn on my phone to journal while in my
sleeping bag out on the trail somewhere and notice I had service.

Laura/Truant


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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:00:07 -0500
From: "Erik Turnberg" <erik.turnberg at gmail.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Introductions and IPhone question
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A big hello to everyone one the list.  I'm Granite and my partner is
Terrapin Flyer.  We met on the AT while thru hiking in 07 and we're
planning a PCT hike this spring.  Right now we're living in
Northampton, MA (so if there are any PCT alum in the area that would
be willing to talk trail we'd love to meet you sometime).

Anyways, on to the question.  We both like journalling.  I used a
moleskin on the AT and eventually got sick of transcribing it onto
trailjournals, so my trail journal sort of died after VA.  Terrapin
used a pocket mail, which is great but a little large and bulky.

We're probably going to bring the pocket mail for both of us on this
hike, but we recently got a chance to play with a friend's iphone and
were thinking that it might make a great, more functional replacement
for the pocketmail.  Does anyone have any experience with using the
iphone out on the trail for journaling?  Also, does anyone know how
ATT's coverage is in the trail towns along the way and whether there
are any wifi spots in any of the towns?

Thanks,

Granite