[pct-l] Detaching

[Ian Cranston]

It's less about detaching and more about savings...


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> I had planned not to bring a phone because I never carry one when
> backpacking anyway, but I forgot to mail it to my first resupply. I
> was just going to bounce it up the trail and use it when I got to
> town. But it turned out to be nice to have it with me. It was just a
> basic phone, not an iPhone. And since payphones are a lot less common
> these days, I was glad to have it. I kept it turned off when not in
> use and only used it when I had service and wanted to make a call. A
> couple times I called my partner and asked him to do google searches
> over the phone for me or to see if he could get gear replaced for me
> before I got to the next town. Very handy. It's not so intrusive that
> it made me feel all "attached" or took away from the wilderness
> experience. More like it was a tool to facilitate my hike a little
> better. It's a long time out there and just becomes ordinary life, so
> something like a phone that's always off really isn't an intrusion at
> all.
>
> On Apr 4, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> >
> > We are thinking of going lo-tech.  What are our options for
> > communicating
> > to the outside world via phone or internet without the use of smart or
> > stupid phones?  ... library, payphones...etc.
>
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