[pct-l] bounce box

[Erik The Black]

Hi Randy, 

Finding somewhere to plug in your battery charger every five days or so
should not be a problem.

The easiest way would just be to rent a hotel room and plug it in there,
which is what most hikers will do. If you aren't going to spend the night
you can always ask some fellow hikes if you can charge your phone in their
room for a couple of hours. Local businesses that cater to hikers probably
won't mind lending you an outlet for a while either. And there are the trail
angels along the way who will let you stay with them and use their
electricity. 

If it was me, I would pack the battery charger rather than bounce it. The
USPS is not 100% reliable and sometimes things get lost or delayed. Also,
overworked postal employees in small town post offices don't always do a
great job of managing all of the general delivery packages for hikers.

Since your carrying an SLR pictures are probably important to you, so it
would suck to have a whole chunk of trail missing from your photo collection
because your bounce box didn't arrive on time with your camera charger. So I
would keep the charger with the camera.

Stuff like socks, a warmer jacket and map pages you might want to bounce. 


Happy trails!
Erik the Black

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:32:39 -0400
From: Randy Fitch <randy7j at gmail.com>
Subject: [pct-l] bounce box
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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Hey guys i was wondering about the use of bounce boxes and if i put a
battery charger for my camera in there will there be outlets where i cross
paths with my box and is it a nuisance to towns people of hikers asking to
use outlets? I really want to bring my camera but it is a Canon digital SLR
and it only uses Li-ion packs.
 Also what are the average size of bounce boxes and types? Can I put gear in
there or should i buy climate coherent clothes along the way?

Sorry for so many questions, but you all are reliable responses and I like
knowledgeable advice!!

Randy