Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Planning Forum :: Overdue
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TickMagnet |
I've had some luck sending texts by typing it and pressing send, then leaving my phone on all day while traveling. On the occasion it gets a connection for a few seconds, be it at the top of a hill or middle of a lake, it'll send and recieve data. I'd think that the location pings your phone sends out would likely happen in a similar fashion. The obvious downside being that constantly being in "search" mode drains the battery pretty fast so this method requires a backup battery pack, high quality solar charger or some other source of USB power as well as the added weight of said power source. If you do decide to try it, I'd sure like an update on your success or lack thereof. Like many, my phone is the best camera I own, but I've managed to squeeze 7 days of battery life out of a full charge by setting it to airplane mode and keeping it off unless pictures are being taken. But having my wife be able to see where I'm at, even in a far from real-time manner, might be the extra justification needed to add some form of charging capability to my pack. |
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talltom2 |
So that was a while back. Next week Friday, on July 6th I'm leaving Grand Rapids, MI to travel up there with my 14 yo grandson. Can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the trip. One quick question for the group. I noticed on Google Maps- the location sharing feature, where I can allow others like Grandma and mom to see our location throughout the trip. If I take my cell phone along into the bwca, I'm suspecting that the phone's gps will capture the location easy enough. Is it plausible that they could track our position in BWCA? Does the cell phone need to transmit that data via the cell network? What do you think?? |
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Captn Tony |
The toughest portages I ever had were on the trip. Took the same trip a few years later and the portages weren't near as bad? The forest service kept trying to talk us out of the trip and the outfitter kept telling us that it was ok to go? There was a lot of trees and lines across the road and they were cutting the tops of the trees off so we could drive in one lane. We felt bad that we didn't bring a chainsaw with us to help. |