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Re: [pct-l] Cell Phones



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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