[pct-l] Digital maps: iPhone

[Bill Burge]

"Good" or "bad" depends on your expectations.

It's about 5 ounces.  If you never turn it on, you carried 5 ounces.

If you didn't carry it, would would you be carrying instead?  A  
novel?  A GPS?  A prepaid phone card?  it _can_ fill a number of  
purposes and the criticality and expectations, combined with results,  
determine the value judgement "good" or "bad".

I've been playing with mine as a possible replacement for GPS and  
journal device.  I'm not sure how much I would rely on a GPS on the  
trail FOR MYSELF (let's not get into the whole "you don't need a gps  
for the PCT" thing again...) but it does have some significant  
shortfalls there.

BillB



On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:10 PM, J J at Ridge Trail wrote:

> Greetings,
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> I want to piggyback this discussion and ask that those with  
> experience carrying an iPhone (not other PDA/telephone) on the PCT  
> whether it was a good or bad experience and if they plan to carry  
> one on another long distance hike.
>
> Walk well,	
> Jim Keener ( J J )
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> jj at ridgetrailhiker.com
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> On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com  
> wrote:
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>> I rolled over on my camera in my sleep and crushed something inside.
>> I also had one that refused to work over 9000 feet.
>>
>> Diane
>>
>> On Jan 5, 2010, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>> I leaned over a stream in 07 and splash went my $700 video camera.
>>> It's
>>> true, you can be super careful but eventually accidents happen.
>>> I'd really
>>> like to wear some high quality sunglasses this next time around but
>>> I'm
>>> having a hard time making the investment knowing that it's only a
>>> matter of
>>> time before I forget them, sit on them, etc.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> P178
>>
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