Here’s an interesting article about over reliance on technology on the Trail. From Glacier National Park and reported by the Magic City Morning Star:
“I don’t know what to do,” she said several times. And that, of course, was the problem. They were strangers in this strange land of “no cell service.” No texts. No calls. No contact. And while the manager offered her options, the girl’s reaction got me thinking. This almost teenager wasn’t prepared to handle even a slight deviation from the easy contact comfort of technology. What would she have done in a real crisis?