[pct-l] Music on the Trail and Rain Gear

[Nathan A]

Potential, (Do I leave out the 178 or keep it as part of your name).. hmm.
Very good point on an MP3 player with SD cards. Sometimes the simple
solution is the best, this does sound like a good lightweight option.

As an added benefit I see another spreadsheet in my future with what
artists and audio books are on each card!

As of now I am I am still not sold needing anything more than the Iphone’s
camera.  It has given me good photos, lightweight, easy to share, and it
just seems like less of a hassle. I am thinking of cutting a neutral
density filter to help with contrast on landscape photos but that is a
whole diffrent post.



Shroomer,

Thanks for the kind offer. I may be STUCK hiking near Daniel for 5 months,
no point having bad blood over cloud storage J.



Nathan


On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>wrote:

> You guys really set a great example for the list.  Kudos for such civility
> and trail consciousness.  It's that spirit of caring and comradery that
> keeps us all hiking these long trails.  The frequent flame wars here are
> its antithesis.   If you're ever near SF just give a holler.  I live across
> the street from John Muir's home and would love to give you a tour and a
> hike on what we've preserved of his ranch.
>
> Have a wondeful hike!
>
> Shroomer
>
> Nathan, by the way, the trail can be a bit rough on sensitive electronics
>
> like smartphones - big temperature fluctuations, dust, water, etc.  Also,
>
> town visits can be surprisingly busy, charging, uploading and downloading
>
> stuff just adds to the chore list.  My preference now that I've been out
>
> there a few times is to minimize my chores as much as possible.
>
>
>
> I invested in a cheap bulk set of 1gb to 16gb SD cards on eBay, loaded them
>
> up with music and audio books and found a couple tiny MP3 players that
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> featured SD expansion slots and great battery life on single AAA batteries.
>
> Once I'd listened to the books or tired of the music on one of the cards, I
>
> swapped it for the one in my camera and sent that one home.  It worked
> great
>
> for me, only maintenance being fresh batteries every few hundred miles, and
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> sometimes specialized little pieces of gear work better than one that
>
> multi-tasks - ex. better photos from a proper camera, and easier fingertip
>
> music navigation from a little one ounce MP3 player.
>
>
>
> Just my two cents, for what it's worth.  :)
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>
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> - Potential178
>