[Philmont] Coverage on the Tooth, Baldy, Phillips, etc..

When we were there in 2005, I called my wife from the top of Mt. Phillips. It was a so-so signal, but we were able to have a short conversation.
   
  From the top of the Tooth of Time, I got perfect signal and gave the phone to everyone for a 2-minute call home. It was a highlight of the trip. Certainly a "Rose" that evening as we enjoyed our last evening on the trail at Tooth Ridge Camp.
   
  I have Sprint for a cell phone provider.
   
  Pete Swiggum
  Green Bay, WI
  Philmont 2005
  ICWTGBTP!!

emaes@provide.net wrote:
  
OK, I know it's backpacking and we're supposed to be
roughing it, back to nature, etc...

But curiosity leads me to ask how was cell phone coverage
at Philmont and specifically, out in the back country? How
about when on any of the mountains (Tooth, Baldy, Phillips,
etc..)?

When I was there in 2002, cell coverage on the Tooth was
spotty/marginal. We had an adult in our crew whose mother
wasn't doing so well, so he took his cell phone to try to
keep in contact with the home-front at least once day. If I
recall, he was only able to get connectivity when we were
on the higher locations.

YIS - Eric

-------------------------------------------------------
Scouting E-mail Discussion Lists @ usscouts.org
Listserv Commands at http://usscouts.org/lists/lc.asp
-------------------------------------------------------
Send listserv commands to: listserv@troop47.com
Send postings to: philmont@troop47.com
List FAQ found at: http://usscouts.org/lists/faq.asp
List Administrator: philmont_owner@troop47.com
-------------------------------------------------------
To Unsubscribe send text email to:

     To: listserv@troop47.com
     Subject: unsubscribe
     Body: unsubscribe philmont@troop47.com
-------------------------------------------------------

As you gather around this virtual campfire with fellow
Scouts and Scouters, do your best to be trustworthy,
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
-------------------------------------------------------

 
Received on Fri Aug 17 11:00:14 2007