[pct-l] Technology on the Trail

[jmertes at verizon.net (John Mertes)]

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>John - Why do people want constant music to accompany their lives?
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>John has obviously never hiked for hours with either of the following tunes
>running through his head and was unable to stop the music.
>      Teddy Bear Picnic
>      Tiptoe through the Tulips
>With a MP3 player I have more control of the tunes and my mind.  :-) 
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>unstoppable mind tunes are sometimes a topic on the at-l
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You are right on one thing.  I have never had an unstoppable tune 
running through my mind. Still I have had lots of thoughts about all 
sorts of subjects not even remotely connected to my trip.

Worse, on one ski vacation, I took days to stop obsessively thinking 
about problems at work. Especially when riding up the slopes in the 
chair lift. I doubt if music would have made any difference. Skiing 
downhill was mentally challenging enough to pull my attention to the 
present though.

John