[pct-l] cell phone - worth taking on the JMT?

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

On this point, Halfmile responded April 27 as follows:

Check out the cell phone reports here:
http://www.pctmap.net/cell/
And please send updates so the reports will be more useful for future hikers.

I am a foreigner, so I know nothing. But, you should check the home
page of cell phones. for example.
http://www.uscellular.com/uscellular/common/common.jsp?path=/coverage-map/coverage-indicator.html

Last summer, I met Boots at the Rosalie Lake. He sent my email address
immediately, so the  Rosalie Lake is OK.
http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/TuolumneMeadowToVermilionValleyResort08018#5378242765483608226

Mt, Whitney is also OK.
http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/LakeMarjoriToLonePine081520#5380355254286210210
Crazy Doc was talking with his family.
I have nothing to do. So, I enjoy human watching.


2010/7/15 Gary Schenk <gwschenk at socal.rr.com>:
> On 7/12/2010 10:31 AM, The Wilderness Vagabond wrote:
>> Is it worthwhile taking a cell phone on the JMT (John Muir Trail - Happy Isles to Whitney Portal)?  How is the coverage?  In what areas might we get coverage (verizon)? I am talking about emergency use because I am a super-luddite about electronics while hiking.
>>     Thanks for the great posts.
>>
>
> You'd be better off renting a satellite phone. You'd have to climb a
> peak to get a cell in the majority of the Sierra.
>
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Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
2009 JMT, the first America.
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