[pct-l] Journaling on the trail

[dennis.phelan at gmail.com]

Go to the blog of Erin Saver “walking with Wired”.  She is currently finishing the AT for her triple crown and is a renowned trail blogger and has done almost all of her blog entries while on the trail.  She uses an IPhone and carries a battery backup.  She also uses PC’s where they are available.  It is all in her blog.


Dennis






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From: Jennifer Zimmerman
Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎July‎ ‎8‎, ‎2014 ‎11‎:‎33‎ ‎AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net





Agreed, airplane mode works great for conserving battery life on the
iphone.  I didn't carry a battery backup and the only time I ran out of
juice on my old iphone 4 was during our longest 7-day sections when
journaling every night (and usually taking a long time to do it). I kept it
on airplane except for the rare quick check of the GPS or, more often,
Halfmile's app. His app was great for this since it always seemed to catch
the satellite quickly and I didn't have to drain the battery.


On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Rick Ostheimer <rick.ostheimer at sbcglobal.net
> wrote:

> I've used my Iphone for journaling for many years.  I always keep my
> Iphone turned off unless there's service and I am making a phone call,
> checking weather forecast, etc.  When I journal, I put the phone in
> airplane mode.  I find that it uses very little battery in this mode.  I
> have a separate GPS that I use if the trail calls for it (CDT), so I
> don't use the phone as a GPS or to show maps.
>
>   I use the Notepad function to type my journals and admit to finding
> the keyboard a little bit of a problem, though not so much that it
> prevents me from typing the journal pretty quickly.   I have a template
> that I use to format the journal with such things as: Date, Destination,
> Daily Miles.    When I do have internet service (usually in or close to
> towns, ski areas, or interstates), I then copy the text from the notepad
> journal entry into the web browser for posting the journal.  I'm sure
> you can google how to copy and paste.
>
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