[pct-l] Journaling on the trail

[Herb Stroh]

One aspect of my recent shakedown hike was to try my hand at journaling on the trail using my I-Phone. The results were totally unsatisfactory. "Typing" with two thumbs on a screen just did not work for me-I may as well of been using elbows. And as I painstakingly sought to capture my thoughts in an efficiency of words, I  watched my I-Phone bleed out its precious battery life one percent at a time.

I have considered carrying an i-pad or other such device. Although not perfect, the larger electronic keyboard allows me to type at a reasonable rate. But this clearly raises issues of weight, additional  power issues, and a diva piece of gear that requires special handling. I have thought about dictating entries and sending the audio files to someone to transcribe, but would of course loose the aspect of editing (unless I want to significantly delay posts and review them in town). A dragon-speak type software would be great, but I believe everything out there requires a network connection to function. I have thought about journaling the old fashion way of paper and pen, but to get posts online means a duplication of effort.

How have others addressed this? Is the common method to just to type out the entry using your smart phone? I suppose with practice I will get faster, but I think it will always be very limiting for me.
FYI, for power I have used the Suntactics battery and was pleased with its ability to provide multiple recharges of the phone. I question how well it will do in recharging a larger device more than once.

Thanks all.

Herb


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