Hi. Is there anything else besides PocketMail? They want 100 bucks plus another 105 for 6 mos service. I’d like something that I can use to journal while on the trail and transmit similarly so my friend can just cut from an e-mail I’ve sent and post on my Trailjournal.
Thanks for any advice!
Spinning Jenny
you’ll find a lot of computers to use in each town to send emails and such.
otherwise you could go to a digital voice recorder (good one for $100). you could make daily comments in it and then email the recording to your friend at home, who could just transcribe them to your trailjournal.
0101
I’m using the LG enV phone through Verizon wireless. I have the service , the phone cost me $130 and the unlimited mobil web is $15 a month. I can send and recieve email through my yahoo account on this phone. I’m not tied to a land line or town computers to send my journal entries.
bycorley
He recently sent out an email about a service where you could phone in your journal entry. I’m not sure of the details.
Jalan
anyone has any idea how good the e-mail verizon service is on the pct?
After using pocketmail for 4 years, I have become increasingly unhappy about its service, and I’m now looking for alternatives for my PCT hike.
roni
I am planning on bringing the new blackberry 8800 for email, journal notes and occasional phone. It has a long life battery, full mini keyboard, and integrated gps; all 134g.
Figure I can write email at night, and send whenever I get reception, which I have heard is on average about once per day. Anybody know how the Cingular data coverage is on the PCT? Would rather be writing emails in the mountains than in town. Figure it may also come in useful if I am in need of resupply, and can order something to the next mail stop. If I can figure out how to download the gps coordinates of the full trail, then it may also prove useful insurance against getting lost with the crappy maps; for zero extra weight.
It is not the cheapest communication option, but if it saves me a divorce while I am off hiking all summer it is well worth it. I think the trick with this sort of thing is not being too in touch. I plan on not turning it on for some full week stretches, but it will be there when I want it to be.
Inertia
If you have a bluetooth phone use it to journal. Mouth had a great fold out keyboard that he carried on the AT. He would journal on his phone like a pocketmail and then send them out when in town or on top of a mountain. Verizon works pretty well on the AT. I sold my pocketmail planning to go with this setup since I plan on carrying my cell anyways when hiking. (payphones are harder to find each day!) From what I have heard though, the cell coverage on the PCT is not spectacular.
Bubble Toes