Re: [pct-l] Cell Phones

[ROYROBIN@aol.com]

Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.  Unfortunately for hikers, it's
often in the most remote areas that they fail.  Last year in the northern
Cascades, one of the thru-hikers came upon another party with a medical
emergency.  The group had a cell phone but they had to run five miles to get
in range of a cell site.  

Personally, I don't think a cell phone is worth the pack weight for a long-
distance hiker.  Makes more sense than carrying a GPS receiver (which I've
also seen on the trail) but still far from an "essential."  Now, if you can
get someone else to carry it .... 
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