The piece, “Wilderness Calling,” is part of KQED’s Perspectives series, where regular people make their best case on a topic of the day. While some might question if I’m a regular person, I have formed an emphatic opinion about the growing use of cellphones in the great outdoors, based on a jarring experience I had in Yosemite National Park last summer. Listen to the whole thing below. [...]
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Audio Post: Descent from Base Camp to Pampa de Lenas (9,100 ft. / 2,800 m) “…Bursts of wind and snow clattering against the tent…” Click to play (1 min. 59 sec.) Podcast: Play in new window | Download Audio Post: Plaza Argentina (Base Camp) (elevation 13,790 ft. / 4,203 m.) “…it’s a question that hurts to ask right now.” Click to Play (1 min 42 sec) Podcast: Play in new window | Download Audio Post: Plaza Argentina (Base Camp) (elevation 13,790 ft. / 4,203 m.) “…from the beginning I felt like a frozen lobster…” Click to Play (6 min 51 sec) Podcast: Play in new window | Download Audio Blog: Return to Base Camp (elevation 13,790 ft. / 4,203 m.) “…50 people including a dog…” Click to Play (1 min 46 sec) Podcast: Play in new window | Download Audio Blog: Return to Camp 2 (elevation 19,000 ft. / 5,800 m.) “…mind and body are intact…” (map) Click to Play (31 sec.) Podcast: Play in new window | Download Audio Blog: Waiting at Camp 2 (elevation 19,000 ft. / 5,800 m.) (map to the summit) “…we are excited and scared about the ordeal to come.” Click to Play (1 min 16 sec) Other postings about this trip: Marshall Ulrich’s trip log – edited by his wife Heather Terri Schneider’s blog Podcast: [...] Audio Blog: Pinned at Camp 2 (elevation 19,000 ft. / 5,800 m.) (map up to camp 2) “…wind rammed into our tent like a gunshot…” Click to Play (2 min 5 sec) Podcast: Play in new window | Download Audio Post: Chilling at Camp 2 (elevation 19,000 ft. / 5,800 m.) (map up to camp 2) “…it’s about 25 degrees in our tent…” Click to Play (1 min 40 sec) Podcast: Play in new window | Download Audio Post: Trapped at Camp 2 (elevation 19,000 ft. / 5,800 m.) (map) “it huffed and puffed and tried to blow our tent down last night…” Click to Play (1 min 34 sec) Podcast: Play in new window | Download |
 David Ferris is managing editor of the Matter Network. As journalist and columnist, he explores the role of business and technology in making our world more sustainable. Learn more. |
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