Originally Posted by
BikeWNC
He could have called me (if he had my number) since mp 450 is just behind my house. I got caught out with my wife on Balsam Mtn Rd one night and had to descend 13 miles on a gravel road in the woods after dark. I couldn't see a thing until the moon rose and then could only see the outline of the road, barely. Very scary but we made it without crashing, don't ask me how.
Say, BWNC, what cell phone company do you use, and how reliable is it for getting a signal over in the western mountainous regions of NC?
My g/f and I both use Nextel, mainly because of my work which supplies my phone, but Nextel is CRAP!; at least so far as their signal coverage area goes. We are rarely able to pick up a signal at either house: the one near Newton,NC, or the one up in the Brushy Mtns - and you can pretty much forget about picking up a signal anywhere along the Pkwy with it. That fact cost us a lot of time, money, and grief, on this latest bike excursion of mine. Sally told me to see if you, or any of the gang you normally ride with (Vel, WP, Neal..etc), have something other than Nextel, that you're albe to get farily reliable signals with. She said she's switching to anything besides Nextel.
So, you descended 13 miles in the dark, huh? Then you know EXACTLY what I went through Sunday night. Apparently, there is at least one other person out there as crazy as I am.
*bumps fists with BWNC*