Re: [Paddlewise] GPS-Not

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:42:39 -0500
At 08:57 PM 2/12/2004 -0800, alex wrote:
> > really hate the things. Although I sometimes carry a GPS for back-up, they
> > really take the fun out of piloting and dead reckoning. I can't seem to
>get
> > some of my friends to turn the dang things off either.
>
>What really takes the fun out of paddling is a cell-phone or pager. GPS is
>just a harmless toy compared to it.

I have taken my cell-phone while paddling on a couple of occasions.  In one 
case, I was teaching a class at the time when I received and answered a 
call.  It was from my wife telling me that her water had just broke...and, 
yes, I finished the lesson.
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