Re: How to pack light, some tips

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Re: How to pack light, some tips

Posted on: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:23:16 MDT

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
news:faek4n01pq4@news2.newsguy.com...
> Markku Grönroos wrote:
>> "Chris Blunt" kirjoitti
>> viestissä:9nrkc397lrmi3ul9476d3odvnv37ahi926@4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:58:18 +0300, Markku Grönroos
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" kirjoitti
>>>> viestissä:nl3jc3pki22123egcss1f7vrbitem9vb0v@4ax.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> I carry a small bottle of shampoo, because I don't like the free
>>>>> stuff. Maybe 200ml, which could last for several weeks. Not
>>>>> having
>>>>> a mobile phone seems silly.
>>>>>
>>>> Why? When travelling on holiday, you need a phone. I don't need
>>>> one.
>>>
>>> I find a phone to keep in touch with people even more useful when
>>> I'm
>>> traveling than it is at home. It also serves as a camera, an alarm
>>> clock, a GPS, and a way to check my emails. Something so compact
>>> that
>>> does all that and only weighs around 100g easily justifies being
>>> taken along on any trips I make.
>>>
>> Fortunately I don't have to be available for other people at work by
>> phone. Actually I seldom carry a phone when I am out of home. When I
>> am back I just check the calls. If wandering in wilderness, a phone
>> may be a good piece in security terms, but on the other hand I have
>> never went deep in to wild vistas all my own.
>
> If you're going "deep in to wild vistas" the cell phone usually won't
> work anyway. Taking a day hike in Connecticut it's nice to have in
> case you slip and break your leg, but coverage when you're away from
> areas of high population density starts to get spotty.

And what are the odds about breaking your leg on a hike in Connecticut and
someone NOT coming along with seconds? I've hiked all over the Canadian
Rockies WITHOUT breaking my leg and WITHOUT a cell phone OR a GPS unit.
Never got lost. Never got injured. You pansies are a bunch of nervous
Nellies who can't get off the electronic teat.

>
> Even driving the Trans-Labrador Highway you won't have cell
> coverage--for one segment of if the Canadian government will loan you
> a 911-only satphone at no charge.
>
> --
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> --John
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