[pct-l] ID your gear

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, all,

I carry a small stack of thin, light “hiker cards” to hand out to people who
are interested in my contact information, i.e. name, email, TrailJournal,
etc.  Each of my camera chips has a macro-photo of one of those cards as the
first image.  Fortunately I haven’t had to test the affectivity of  this
scheme.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09


On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Clint Kaul <clintkaul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I took a picture of the text file and store that on the memory card so that
> the
> camera thinks it is the first image.  If someone goes to display mode and
> advances once they see this image.  I know it works since I lost my spare
> memory card last year in SoCal, another thru-hiker found it, checked it
> and called me based on the phone number I included.  (Thanks Joel).
>
> Cheers, clint
>
> PS.  I also include a passport photo on the memory card when I travel
> overseas.
>
> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote:
> > Good idea, but if someone found your lost memory card, would they & could
> > they find that file?
> > Technology has its limits. I don't have a better idea for labeling your
> > cards though.
> >
> > Tortoise
> >
> > <> Because truth matters! <>
> >
> > On 08/29/10 19:40, Richard Woods wrote:
> >> I saved a small text file on each of my SD cards for my camera. Has
> >> all contact info., takes almost no space, since it is not an image
> >> file it never gets deleted.
> >> sparksrick
> >>
> >> On Aug 29, 2010, at 6:12 PM, CHUCK CHELIN wrote:
> >>
> >> Good evening, Tortoise,
> >>
> >>
> >> I put return-address labels on my camera and on my little GPS but it
> >> didn’t
> >> occur to me to put them on the poles as well.  I’ll have to do that.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Steel-Eye
> >>
> >> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> >>
> >> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> >> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
> >>
> >> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Tortoise<Tortoise73 at charter.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Good idea about the mailing labels. One could add email and/or fone
> >>> numbers. might expedite return. then I think just going over the
> >>> label with
> >>> some clear plastic tape to protect the label. very small added weight.
> >>>
> >>> Tortoise
> >>>
> >>> <>  Because truth matters!<>
> >>>
> >>> On 08/29/10 13:45, Don Billings wrote:
> >>>> I've done the same thing with some duct tape but I suspect it will
> >>>> need
> >>> to be
> >>>> replaced at least once yearly or maybe
> >>>> more. Tape always seems to get wildly uncooperative after it ages and
> >>> especially
> >>>> in direct sun. I used the clear
> >>>> style duct tape since it looked a little less industrial.
> >>>>
> >>>> As for your poles, might I suggest placing standard style return
> >>>> address
> >>> labels
> >>>> on each pole? If you lose them&   you're
> >>>> lucky, an honest person might come along&   return them to you. I get
> >>> address
> >>>> labels through mass marketers all the time
> >>>> so they just pile up but they're free. Or, use an label maker which
> >>>> might
> >>> use
> >>>> better, more rugged paper.
> >>>>
> >>>> Don
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