During last week's hike in Blithedale Canyon, Theresa Fisher carried a little GPS gizmo and produced some neat mapping images of the hike. Those of us who carry cell phones on our "meanders" in Marin might be thinking "Hey, doesn't my phone have GPS built into it?".Some phones, particularly "Smart Phones", do have GPS capabilities and, in theory, we could use one to find our way home if our FL (Fearless Leader) Wendy got lost. (Click here to read a New York Times article about using GPS-enabled cell phones in the "backwoods").
Oh, and if you bring your cell phone along on our hikes "Just in case President Obama should need to reach me", you may be part of a group that the New York Times describes as "those who like to chat loudly with colleagues while they ignore the natural beauty around them. For them, nature invented mountain lions."
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