re: #24 klystron

Right. So. Should phones work at Old Faithful then? Because the load during the summer exceeds the capacity in the park, and part of what that article you linked is about is increasing the capability of the park to support that.

It’s not about having wifi in the backcountry.

Ya sure, set up cell towers along the road.

I still think we should encourage unplugging instead of plugging in when visiting National Parks, Forests, and Wilderness areas.

“It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with getting from point A to point B.

It had to do with how it felt to be in the wild. With what it was like to walk for miles with no reason other than to witness the accumulation of trees and meadows, mountains and deserts, streams and rocks, rivers and grasses, sunrises and sunsets. The experience was powerful and fundamental. It seemed to me that it had always felt like this to be a human in the wild, and as long as the wild existed it would always feel this way.”
― Cheryl Strayed

Even if you only drive up to the edge of wilderness, or just see Old Faithful and the Lake, being plugged in takes away from the experience.

Just one man’s opinion. I’m sure there are many who’d be delighted to tweet out the instance they saw a herd of elk cross the road.