What about idiots lost in the backcountry?

Yellowstone planning on banning cell phone signals in the backcountry.

Yellowstone National Park has created a plan for cell phone towers in the national park. The plan will move cell phone towers from sensitive and aesthetically valuable areas to less aesthetically pleasing areas. The plan will effectively remove internet signals in the back country. The plan will also prevent cell signals in several of the old lodges in the park.

Of course the biggest concern is rescuing lost and endangered backpackers in the wilderness areas.
However, only idiots rely on cell phones to save them in the backcountry, (See The Interview provides a lot of information on why the @#%(@ got lost.) es, there have been tons of rescues because the person in need had a cell phone. BHowever,are they in the backcountry and in trouble because of their reliance on technology?

Maybe if people are told that their cell phone can’t be used, they won’t do stupid things or need rescued? Is that wishful thinking?

It is probably a balancing act, some people in greater trouble because they can’t call for help versus less people in trouble. For the rest of you, who understand the issues and how to prepare for a backpacking trip, you won’t have to worry about the person in the camp next door reviewing the latest baseball stats.
See the badly named article Yellowstone Bans Cell Phones.

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