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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tumbleweed adds another twist to this electronics thread-
sounds to me like he must be around 60 years of age. I turned 61 in
December. I understand the need to keep in touch and I confess, if I do
make it back on the long trail, I may have to think more seriously abut keeping
in contact with my dear wife. I sure scared her this year with the cancer
thingy so I owe her now. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anyway, I was wondering what ages are represented on the
cdt-l. Just curious. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I go by RedDoug, but I will be using the trail name Trew
when I get out again, and I am, as I said, 61. </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jackrichardson@roadrunner.com
href="mailto:jackrichardson@roadrunner.com">Jack Richardson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=briansolar1@yahoo.co.uk
href="mailto:briansolar1@yahoo.co.uk">Brian Dickson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Cdt-l] Electronics</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Brian,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for your input. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I was soliciting opinions and thoughts. And got them.</DIV>
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<DIV>My final tally for electronics is GPS, Spot, Pocketmail, cell phone and
camera. No mp3 nor satellite phone, so I guess I am roughing it ha ha
ha. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>All my early years hiking (40 years ago) were made without any
electronics. Ok, I did have a homemade headlamp. But seriously, I am finding
intense pressure from wife, kids and friends to know how I am doing and where
I am. I guess they think an elderly guy needs all the help he can get.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>This has been a great discussion and as you and Jim point out it comes
down to personal needs. HYOH, eh?</DIV>
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<DIV>Do you live near <FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Kinlochard in
the </SPAN></FONT><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Trossachs</SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACENAME><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"> </SPAN></FONT><ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">National Park? I have a friend who moved there last
year. As he says, "I moved closer to where god
lives".</SPAN></FONT></ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE></DIV>
<DIV>I have been to Scotland and admit it is a beautiful place when it isn't
raining. Great rainbows, yes!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks again,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>tumbleweed</DIV>
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<DIV>On Feb 9, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Brian Dickson wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I guess its a personal thing, but I enjoyed being
away from gadgets on the trail. I had a digital camera and the smallest gps
for emergencies. we both took tiny mp3 players and kept them for occasional
dirt road travel - I probably used mine for about 3 hours over the summer.
PCs and email are available in almost all towns now.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">I think the camera was close to vital for me as it
greatly enhanced my enjoyment, particularly now 5 months later- but the mp3
and gps (and cellphone) can easily be 'ditched'. We did both carry at least
one book for reading in the tent though, and binnoculers- they were our
luxuries.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Brian (and Martina) Black Isle, Scotland</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Doug-Sue <<A
href="mailto:doug-sue71@comcast.net">doug-sue71@comcast.net</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
href="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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16:18:34<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Re: [Cdt-l]
Electronics<BR></FONT><BR>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>I love natural sounds. In the
north country the sound of the wind going through the treetops is my
favorite symphony. My wife has asked me, what if the world blows up
while you're away, someone dies, etc? My answer is I will find out in
time, no need to rush bad news. For me, absolutely no radio or music
player of any kind.. I spend the entire time I am hiking with my eyes
glued to the landscape, watching and listening to
everything. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>One luxury- I like to pack along
some cryptogram puzzles for evening when I am in the tent but not quite
overcome by sleep. 3 or 4 pages of cryptograms will last me
weeks! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Arial>-RedDoug (stuck in Battle Creek,
MI) </FONT></DIV>
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face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT>I second the thought of leaving
the gadgets behind. Almost every town has a computer somewhere if
you need to send/receive news of the world. As far as a radio
plugged into your ears - in the south I was listening for the buzz of
rattlesnakes, in the north I was listening for the woof of the
bears. Dangerous sounds aside, why miss the call of sand hill
cranes, wild horse snorts, and the sounds of the numerous other
wildlife that line the path. A Phone card with a ton of minutes
can be carried - a lot lighter than any cell phone which will rarely work
until you are in a town anyway. Take a gps and camera that
work on the same size batteries. I bought AA's at costco
and send them in my maildrops - about $8.00 for the whole
trip..<BR><BR>
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Message-----<BR>From: Doug-Sue <<A
href="mailto:doug-sue71@comcast.net">doug-sue71@comcast.net</A>><BR>To:<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
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Tue, Feb 9, 2010 10:00 am<BR>Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Electronics<BR><BR>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_b6e4d55f-1e72-43ca-ac84-c755b463f90e
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>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
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From: "Jack Richardson" <<A href="mailto:jackrichardson@roadrunner.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:jackrichardson@roadrunner.com">jackrichardson@roadrunner.com</A>>
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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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