Comments on: 10 Tips for Mobile Mount Everest Communications http://blog.cheaptents.com/kevin-thaws-10-tips-for-mount-everest-communications/ ...not just tents...a camping equipment blog too! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mount Everest http://blog.cheaptents.com/kevin-thaws-10-tips-for-mount-everest-communications/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Mount Everest Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:55:08 +0000 http://blog.cheaptents.com/?p=866#comment-804 Some great tips from Kevin. Wont the phones need big numbers on them so you can dail with your gloves on? Some great tips from Kevin. Wont the phones need big numbers on them so you can dail with your gloves on?

]]> By: admin http://blog.cheaptents.com/kevin-thaws-10-tips-for-mount-everest-communications/comment-page-1/#comment-233 admin Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:47:15 +0000 http://blog.cheaptents.com/?p=866#comment-233 I think that's great advice. Mountain whistles are one of the best bits of kit alerting people's attention to your emergency, and at £3 pounds certainly worth adding to your shopping list! http://www.cheaptents.com/acatalog/Product_Catalogue_Products_66.html#msw2 The other thing to remember is that good planning before any trip out into the hills, away from immediate help, can certainly make a huge difference to your safety. Make sure you tell people where you're going (including primary and secondary routes), along with taking all the gear you need to keep yourself safe and secure in the worst conditions. Technology is used a great deal by mountaineers, walkers and mountain bikers but nothing beats solid preparation and experience! I think that’s great advice. Mountain whistles are one of the best bits of kit alerting people’s attention to your emergency, and at £3 pounds certainly worth adding to your shopping list!
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The other thing to remember is that good planning before any trip out into the hills, away from immediate help, can certainly make a huge difference to your safety. Make sure you tell people where you’re going (including primary and secondary routes), along with taking all the gear you need to keep yourself safe and secure in the worst conditions.

Technology is used a great deal by mountaineers, walkers and mountain bikers but nothing beats solid preparation and experience!

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.cheaptents.com/kevin-thaws-10-tips-for-mount-everest-communications/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Daniel Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:12:41 +0000 http://blog.cheaptents.com/?p=866#comment-232 Its great to go for a hike in the countryside, so you can get away from it all and leave the world behind. Then your peace is ruined when someone's phone rings. Did-a-la-la, did-a-la-la, its the Nokia tune ring tone. Dom Jolley shouts into his oversized phone "Yeah I'm half way up a mountain, its cr@p!" It makes you feel like walking over to the person, grabbing their phone and chucking it down the mountainside. Obviously mobile phones are here to stay and they are useful in an emergency situation. Its worth remembering though, that you can't always rely on them. There is not always in coverage in the countryside, especially when you need it most e.g. if you've just fallen down a gully and broken your leg. So don't forget your whistle. Its great to go for a hike in the countryside, so you can get away from it all and leave the world behind. Then your peace is ruined when someone’s phone rings. Did-a-la-la, did-a-la-la, its the Nokia tune ring tone. Dom Jolley shouts into his oversized phone “Yeah I’m half way up a mountain, its cr@p!” It makes you feel like walking over to the person, grabbing their phone and chucking it down the mountainside.

Obviously mobile phones are here to stay and they are useful in an emergency situation. Its worth remembering though, that you can’t always rely on them. There is not always in coverage in the countryside, especially when you need it most e.g. if you’ve just fallen down a gully and broken your leg. So don’t forget your whistle.

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