[pct-l] SPOT messenger

[Lisa Valenti-Jordan]

My wife, puddlejumper (Lisa), is on the trail JMT now. She has bounced around this summer in different regions of california. There are some times that it works better than others, but she hits it as she gets on the trail in the morning, when she stops for lunch, and when she stops for the day, and I usually get at least two of those messages each day. I find it invaluable because if she zeros a day or sprints an extra 5 miles ahead (more common), I can track where she is, and when she needs resupply or pickup, I can usually meet up with her +/- 1 hour of when intend to. It is helpful for me because my wife's plans have been in flux all summer, so this allows me to follow her lead.  For example, when she overshoots her Friday pickup point on Wednesday, I know that and can look for the next one on halfmile's maps based on her pace, and figure out what time she will be there.  Plus, it posts to Facebook, so i don't get the 30 family and friends emails saying "how's she doing?"

Sent from iPad

-Jamie Valenti-Jordan
Project Engineer, Del Monte Foods
925-944-7279
cell: 925-407-5081

On Jul 20, 2011, at 6:36 AM, "Marge Prothman" <marge at prothman.org> wrote:

> Hi there,
> My daughter hiked the West Coast trail on Vancouver Island a few months ago,
> and also hiked the john
> Muir trail last year.  She used the Spot on both hikes and I received daily
> Spot messages from her as  to the
> location she camped each night.  It seemed to have worked just fine and was
> really fun for me to follow
> along on her hikes each day.
> 
> Cheers,
> Marge (the old gal)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Philippe Gouvet
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 7:09 AM
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> Subject: [pct-l] SPOT messenger
> 
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