[pct-l] Octocopters, was: Re: Chia seeds

[Daniel Zellman]

That's what I love about this list! An innocuous plug for Amazon Prime ends
up in a discussion of drones.

-dz
Co-captain, Team No Hurries


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Little helicopters sprinkling chia seeds and roast chicken, now that's a
> hike!  When drone technology finally makes it to the masses, we could all
> have our own little drones meeting us at each camp, and spying on our
> friends along the way.  And we thought trail gossip was bad now.
>
> Shroomer
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Dennis Phelan <dennis.phelan at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I am thinking of the timely gifts being dropped from the sky as in the
> > Hunger Games stories :-)
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 6:58 AM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Can you imagine the anguished debate over this next trail gimmick.
>  First
> > > it
> > > was cell phones, the GPS navigators, now drones to ferry supplies back
> > and
> > > forth to hikers.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Diane Soini
> > > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 9:46 AM
> > > To: Carol
> > > Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Chia seeds
> > >
> > > I'm not actually vegan. I think those helicopters should bring me
> > > steak and roast chicken along with my vegan cheesecakes and vegan
> > > chia puddings. And I like the socks idea. Maybe I could get my own
> > > octocopter to carry my bear canister next time.
> > >
> > > On Dec 5, 2013, at 9:50 PM, Carol wrote:
> > >
> > > > I know, right? As long as they're using little helicopters like
> > > > Hogwarts owls, they should be able to reach the trail and bring us
> > > > vegan cookies, new trail runners, and fuel canisters. And clean
> > > > Injinjis.
> > > >
> > > > Carol
> > > >
> > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > >
> > > >> On Dec 5, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Diane Soini <dianesoini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> I recommend you try chia seeds before you order them. I think on a
> > > >> long hike they'd be one of the last things I would want to eat. But
> I
> > > >> do like some of the vegan chia seed desserts they come up with at
> the
> > > >> health food store. Too bad nobody's going to Amazon Prime me an
> octo-
> > > >> copter full of vegan desserts on the trail. That would be great.
> > >
> > >
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