Re: [pct-l] Cell Phones

[Slyinmd@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/16/98 3:23:18 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
savamutt@razorlogic.com writes:

>  When cell phone coverage gets to the point where there are no dead spots
anywhere on the planet, and I'm sure that will happen soon, it will become an
indispensable safety item  for the backpackers, especially for those of us who
usually hike solo in remote locales. 

If it's not an indispensable safety item now, what makes you think it will be
in the future?


>I even let my dog carry it in her pack, so it's no  burden on me.

Trick is to get the dog to dial it!

Roof, roof,  Sly :)
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