[pct-l] Question from Guy

[yogilists at hotmail.com (yogi yogi)]

I knew several people who packed cell phones on the PCT in 2003.  Getting 
service usually took several tries throughout the day.  But, they always 
seemed to eventually get the call through.  Some people are offended by cell 
phones on the trail, but they don't bother me.

>From: "Ken Powers" <kdpo@pacbell.net>
>To: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>,"yogi yogi" 
><yogilists@hotmail.com>,<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Question from Guy
>Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 09:56:51 -0700
>
>Mike, you said it best. The only place you could get a signal was at 14K
>over Teluride. I don't think you'll get that good of cell phone service on
>the PCT. The trail is either to remote and/or in the trees.
>
>Of course we didn't carry a cell phone, so I am just guessing.
>
>Ken
>www.GottaWalk.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>
>To: "yogi yogi" <yogilists@hotmail.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 9:00 AM
>Subject: RE: [pct-l] Question from Guy
>
>
>No need for a ride, if you're calling your loved ones from a ridge or
>mountain top!
>
>There was an article in Backpacker Mag about whether or not cell phones are
>a good idea to pack.
>Issues raised and argued were:
>1) Inconsiderate behavior of making others have to endure your phone call
>from mountain peaks like "guess where I'm at?!!!
>2) The survivalist purists who sneered at having an "umbilical cord" to
>civilization.
>3) Those who pack them for safety purposes (I fall into this category).
>
>I have to admit that when I was in Colorado last August, I was the guy at
>the top of Mount Sneffels using my phone. But 14k was the only location I
>got service the entire trip (I think I was picking up a service tower on
>Ouray, I was staring right down onto Telluride and the signal was still
>sketchy).
>
>So, if it meant that I had to go 10 days to the next pay phone, or having 
>to
>leave the trail to hitch to a town, or packing a cell phone - I'd pack a
>cell phone. I do anyways.
>
>M i c h a e l   S a e n z
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>  -----Original Message-----
>From: yogi yogi [mailto:yogilists@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 8:39 AM
>To: Mike Saenz; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: RE: [pct-l] Question from Guy
>
>so, who are you going to call for a ride?
>
>
> >From: "Mike Saenz" <msaenz@mve-architects.com>
> >To: "yogi yogi" <yogilists@hotmail.com>,"PCT Mail List (E-mail)"
> ><pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> >Subject: RE: [pct-l] Question from Guy
> >Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 08:29:33 -0700
> >
> >Pack a cell phone.
> >That way you don't have to hitch a ride all the way down into the towns.
> >You'll even get service on Whitney.
> >
> >"...can you hear me now?...Good!"
> >
> >M i c h a e l   S a e n z
> >McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
> >A r c h i t e c t u r e    P l a n n i n g    I n t e r i o r s
> >w  w  w  .  m  v  e  -  a  r  c  h  i  t  e  c  t  s  .  c  o  m
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >From: yogi yogi [mailto:yogilists@hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 8:23 AM
> >To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> >Subject: [pct-l] Question from Guy
> >
> >I think the best way for your family to contact you on the trail is to be
> >proactive.  You said you'll call them every 3 weeks.  That's a long time
> >between phone calls.  Call them from every town.  Just to check in.  Your
> >longest stretch between phones will be 10-11 days --- IF you hike the
> >Sierra
> >without a trip out to Independence or Lone Pine.
> >
> >Sure, the PCT is more remote than the AT, but there ARE towns.  You'll
> >reach
> >a phone every 3-6 days.  You may walk 150 miles between towns, but on the
> >PCT that's only 6 days.  On the AT that might have been 9-10 days.
> >
> >If your family needs to contact you, their best bet is to KNOW where you
> >were recently.  Call them from every town.
> >
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