[Cdt-l] Electronics

Doug-Sue doug-sue71 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 9 09:00:44 CST 2010


For me one of the joys of a long hike is leaving all this stuff behind.  I 
do not want a cell phone with me.  My only gadgets are a GPS and a simple 
camera.  Consider, one of the reasons for hiking is to go cold turkey and 
break the on-line addiction.

Just my thoughts.

-RedDoug



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Richardson" <jackrichardson at roadrunner.com>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:21 AM
Subject: [Cdt-l] Electronics


> Electronics??
>
> On my AT thru in 2001 I had a TM20 Pocketmail device and digital
> camera. That was it! During my PCT 2007 hike I had a cell phone,
> satellite phone, Pocketmail composer, digital camera and a MP3 player.
>
> So for this years CDT hike I will have Email device, cell phone,
> satellite phone, GPS, Spot Tracker, iPod Touch, digital camera, a
> solar battery charger and specific device rechargers (3X)!
>
> It seems that each hike has brought on more necessary (??) electronic
> gear. I may have to hire a sherpa to carry my electronics this year!!!
>
> All kidding aside, I see there is a new email device available called
> the "Peek". Research shows it to be lighter then Pocketmail Composer,
> able to handle my current email accounts, text messaging, view
> attachments, smaller size, wireless and high techie. Unfortunately it
> does not use AA batteries like the Composer.
>
> Any thoughts on Peek versus Pocketmail???
>
> Any thoughts on Electronics on the CDT???
>
> Thanks
>
> tumbleweed
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