Hiker Found

“Saw on the news this morning where I hiker had been lost in the Shining Rock wilderness...he called for help on his cell phone and they talked to him till his battery ran out. I want to know who is cell phone company is!!! I never have service when I'm out..I use my phone more for a watch and pray that if I ever have an emergency that God will miraculously give me service! Scary huh?”

“I've got Sprint and the thing barely works in the middle of DC!”

“Verizon, no service when I'm out”

“Oooo, I thought maybe this was about the chick who was lookin' for a hiking partner.”

“Everyone always borrows my Verizon phone.”

“yeah, I think I'm going to switch to verizon. Is everyone who's got it pleased with them?”

“I hated verizon.

I have T Mobile now, used to be voice stream. I had awesome service while in the W. Va mountains, but can't get it for anything up north. I do get better service with it than I did with Verizon though. Could it also depend on the phone?”

“I have Cingular and it works everywhere!

8)”

“My husband has Verizon and has service about everywhere..thing is when I call him for some reason he says the phone never rings..SO HE SAYS! lol I stayed with Bellsouth cause I have such a cheap rate. HECK..Maybe I should just take his phone with ME...Geeez..I'm so smart.
Sorry Tom...wrong thread...but do you need a hiking partner?”

“I mean..I have Cingular..used to be Bellsouth...duh!”

“crazygurl, no, I haven't been out solo in three years.

I can't seem to shake the kids and/or their friends.

Oooo, we could always get out "there" and split up.....you take the high road and I'll take the low road.....and hopefully none of us will get lost!”

“Why do you get the low road? Why can't I have the low road? Well, though if I have the low road it eventually has to go up! LOL”

“Can you hear me now?”

“Can you hear ME now?”

“Verizon has largest coverage by far than any other company out there. When I had service with them it was great.

#2 largest coverage is AT&T/Suncomm
they have the 2nd largest coverage.”

“i don't think i'd trust my Sprint to help me get rescued from the middle of DC, either!”

“hmm,i have cingular and I have no connection at all anywhere close to a mountain.glad this came up, was thinking about switching for that reason. I can see now that it's useless.”

“Sprint is just crap, the stupid thing cost me a job last summer when I really needed one :-( It's hardly worth carrying at all, let alone on the trail.”

“Lyra, some guy just Kayaked up the Potomac, paddling into the snow and wind!”

“How much is a satellite phone cost?”

“Verizon, no service when I'm out"
trailslacker
11:31:56 AM
02/26/03


you should try touching your phone, then it might work. or is that licking it?

j/k”

“REALLY, ynami?? bizarre! if he gets stranded, i hope he isn't using Sprint. ha!

did you see him out the window, or hear about it?”

“what did hikers do before cellular phones ???”

“Froze to death?”

“saw him out the window, guy was going well, making good progress into the wind”

“satellite phones can cost anywhere between $500 and $1500. Would not suprise me if you find higher prices ones.

ebay sells a couple”

“Where are you with that kinda view?

Georgetown?

Maybe its mapleleaf!”

“if it's Maple, i think she's lost!”

“Just the other side of the river TT - Rosslyn”

“wow...doesn't anyone else leave their cell behind when packing...i go into the woods to get away from the damn thing...”

“was the kayak inflatable?”

“What do Jimmy Carter and The Key Bridge have in common?”

“dunno - on both counts”

“They are both made of wood?”

“Someone found a hiker, here in Vancouver's North Shore Mtns, still lying in his sleeping bag. His.??.. Her.?? They're not quite sure, since they figure it's been there since June '01. I was kind of surprised they found it at all.

BTW.... I stick with Verizon, which is 'Telus' here. My bro-in-law is a national manager for engineering. His people are doing the fiber optic work for Canada. It's interesting stuff.”

“the suspense is killing me, Tom T!!”

“Oh yeah!

They both go in and out of Rosslyn!”

“ha!”

“Very old joke!

The first winner I voted for.....Carter!”

“i probably would have gotten it if i'd known what his wife's name was!”

“i used to take my cellphone, but always turn it off (so it doesn't ring and no one can reach me). thought it would be okay in case I get lost. Well, it doesn't work anyway, so now I don't take it. (saving weight this way too)”

“When retrieving one of the more recent suicides in the canyon, who was seen going over the edge, the S & R guys found another one in the same spot. No one saw that one go over.”

“Maybe his cell phone quit and he chucked it all!

I don't have a cell phone”

“I'll bet the second guy was surprised.”

“I have AT&T, and I can get service from some places in WV and Va, but I generally have to be on a ridge to do it with clear line-of-sight to a nearby town where there are cell towers.”

“anybody have more info on the hiker?? im plannin a trip to shining rock this summer :S”

“Well, what do you want to know..they found him..he had two packs of oatmeal and was wet and cold.”

“Have ATT. Bought it when my wife was ill. Kept it because other family members got ill. Waiting to change cuz might be moving.

Thought about sat. phone but at $800 plus monthly charges, said no.”

“was he lost? get separated from his group? fall off a mountain?”

“Sorry..I didn't mean to be a smart ass...from what I understand he was hiking alone and was not familiar with the area. He realized he was lost and called for help. I will look and see if I can find the story.”