£10 tescos goes in the pack while the expensive galaxy note stays at home, coz if anyones gonna fall.or sit on their phone its gonna be me! !
I only have the one phone. Doesn't really matter; I just leave it in the truck when I'm out in the woods. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you are where you can get a phone signal, you ain't really in the outdoors.
Binoculars however are a whole different story!
I only have the one phone. Doesn't really matter; I just leave it in the truck when I'm out in the woods. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you are where you can get a phone signal, you ain't really in the outdoors.
Binoculars however are a whole different story!
But you live in the USA and are still well behind the UK in terms of mobile/cell coverage. http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/mobile-services/ These days the mobile phone is as much a safety/rescue tool as it is a means of phoning home. Leaving one behind is...foolish (I'm being polite there).
Yes we're behind you in cell coverage. And you're behind us in true wilderness. I kinda think we got the better end of that trade.
Safety/rescue tool? maybe. But that defeats a major purpose of the adventure doesn't it; being totally on your own.
Absolutely is a potential rescue tool can't see how you can say otherwise and a major objective of being outdoors is whilst enjoying yourself you maintain your safety so leaving your phone behind is...dumb.
Yes, America is bigger but don't see how thats relevant or a trade.
The relevancy is the point of my original post; if you can get cell phone coverage, you're not really out in the woods. Why bother carrying a cell phone where it won't work anyway? And if it does work, it means you haven't ventured more than a few miles from civilization. Where's the adventure in that?
Safety tool? Yes. But that level of safety is counterproductive to the adventure. It's supposed to be a tool, not a leash.
*cough* satphone *cough*
The relevancy is the point of my original post; if you can get cell phone coverage, you're not really out in the woods. Why bother carrying a cell phone where it won't work anyway? And if it does work, it means you haven't ventured more than a few miles from civilization. Where's the adventure in that?
Safety tool? Yes. But that level of safety is counterproductive to the adventure. It's supposed to be a tool, not a leash.
How on earth is it a leash lol Don't forget its often not just a phone, its a media player, camera, video camera, GPS. Hey, you want to put yourself at risk carry on mate.
Looks like its getting better over there
http://www.uscellular.com/coverage-map/coverage-indicator.html
How on earth is it a leash lol Don't forget its often not just a phone, its a media player, camera, video camera, GPS. Hey, you want to put yourself at risk carry on mate....
Actually mine doesn't have any of those apps except for a very, very poor camera. Nor do I want them. And how am I any more at risk now than I was 15 years ago when I didn't even own one? do you really believe I'd be able to make a call anyway after being mauled by a bear?
The risk factor is no greater these days other than you are older/more frail but why snub a survival tool which could save your life?, you make no sense at times chap
Would you not have drawn a .44 magnum and shot the bear before a mauling?....
....I know two stove collectors (yep stove collectors) who carry a .44 pistol as back up to their rifle(s) (actually one wears a Glock and a .357 to Church but he's a tad strange) when in bear country, and they take phones.