[pct-l] Octocopters, was: Re: Chia seeds

[JPL]

Amazon is just the first out of the box with the drone idea.  You can bet that if it works at all, that there will be huge numbers of these things going everywhere.  “Honey, I forgot my lunch, can you send our drone with it”.

From: Ron Graybill 
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 12:19 PM
To: Carol 
Cc: JPL ; pct-l at backcountry.net ; Diane Soini 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Octocopters, was: Re: Chia seeds

Alas, it's about 20 miles from the Amazon Distribution Center in San Bernardino, CA, to Mile 342 where the PCT crosses Interstate 15, but Amazon's little choppers are only going to venture 10 miles from their base. Â Otherwise, you could have sox with your Big Mac at the McDonalds near the trail!



On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Carol <museumgirl at me.com> wrote:

  Oh, Lord. It would be the supported/unsupported debate on steroids.

  Diane-- Then when you leave beat country, you can fly the canister home. It's going to freak out your birds, though. 😏

  Carol

  Sent from my iPhone

  > On Dec 6, 2013, at 8:58 AM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
  >
  > Can you imagine the anguished debate over this next trail gimmick. Â First it was cell phones, the GPS navigators, now drones to ferry supplies back and forth to hikers.
  >
  > -----Original Message----- From: Diane Soini
  > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 9:46 AM
  > To: Carol
  > Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
  > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Chia seeds
  >
  > I'm not actually vegan. I think those helicopters should bring me
  > steak and roast chicken along with my vegan cheesecakes and vegan
  > chia puddings. And I like the socks idea. Maybe I could get my own
  > octocopter to carry my bear canister next time.
  >
  >> On Dec 5, 2013, at 9:50 PM, Carol wrote:
  >>
  >> I know, right? As long as they're using little helicopters like
  >> Hogwarts owls, they should be able to reach the trail and bring us
  >> vegan cookies, new trail runners, and fuel canisters. And clean
  >> Injinjis.
  >>
  >> Carol
  >>
  >> Sent from my iPhone
  >>
  >>> On Dec 5, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com> wrote:
  >>>
  >>> I recommend you try chia seeds before you order them. I think on a
  >>> long hike they'd be one of the last things I would want to eat. But I
  >>> do like some of the vegan chia seed desserts they come up with at the
  >>> health food store. Too bad nobody's going to Amazon Prime me an octo-
  >>> copter full of vegan desserts on the trail. That would be great.
  >
  >
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