dulcinea
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JTNP is world-known for climbing. The great thing is that you don't need experience or equipment. You can easily free climb (It's much safer than it sounds.) at limitless places in the park. However, if you are not careful you can fall (up to hundreds of feet in some places) or get stuck in a crevice. I wonder if they were doing any climbing since the trail heads into a canyon. I am not at all familiar with this trail.
Wild cats...I briefly saw a bobcat in the park once. I've never seen a mountain lion. I have a friend whose house is situated in the mountain right outside of JTNP and she has never seen a mountain lion or had problems with them (she keep small animals outside). While there have been incidents where mountain lions have attacked people, it seems like those are very rare.
The phone ping is of high interest to me. Admittedly I am still unsure of how all of this works. What I can tell you about cell service in JTNP is that it is very spotty. We either shut our phones completely off or leave them at home when we go out there because the battery drains quickly searching for a tower. In the middle part of the park we put the radio on scan and see how long it scans for before it's able to put pick up a signal. I'm not exaggerating when I say we can go ore than 20 minutes without the radio picking up anything. Anyway, the reason the phone ping interests me is because if cell service in the park is so spotty, I am wondering if they can narrow down a smaller area based on where they know they can and cannot receive coverage.
Wild cats...I briefly saw a bobcat in the park once. I've never seen a mountain lion. I have a friend whose house is situated in the mountain right outside of JTNP and she has never seen a mountain lion or had problems with them (she keep small animals outside). While there have been incidents where mountain lions have attacked people, it seems like those are very rare.
The phone ping is of high interest to me. Admittedly I am still unsure of how all of this works. What I can tell you about cell service in JTNP is that it is very spotty. We either shut our phones completely off or leave them at home when we go out there because the battery drains quickly searching for a tower. In the middle part of the park we put the radio on scan and see how long it scans for before it's able to put pick up a signal. I'm not exaggerating when I say we can go ore than 20 minutes without the radio picking up anything. Anyway, the reason the phone ping interests me is because if cell service in the park is so spotty, I am wondering if they can narrow down a smaller area based on where they know they can and cannot receive coverage.
