Can high adventure and high tech coincide? This fun and lively Macworld | iWorld session will show you how to integrate technology to make camping easier, safer, more convenient and even more fun. You’ll learn about useful iOS apps that can be even better than the traditional ones they replace (or enhance); how to find and stay on the trail; how to show the outside world what a great time you’re having; how to identify all those extra stars you see in the country; impress friends with your knot-tying skills; find a Geocache; perform First Aid; call for help even when reception is poor; make sure your iPhone lasts throughout your whole adventure and more.

1. G eek
The Great Outdoors
Using High Tech to get the
most out of your High Adventure
TT956
Macworld|iWorld 2012
San Francisco
Chuck La Tournous
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2. Housekeeping Notes
• Please fill out an evaluation form!
• Slides will be available for download
• I’ll try to leave time for questions and
to look at the gear
• Ask questions along the way
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3. Who Am I?
• Chuck La Tournous
• RandomMaccess/The
Mac Observer
• Long-time Scout Leader
• Avid hiker, camper &
kayaker
• Spend 20-30 days a
year in a tent
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4. Who Am I?
• @ChuckLaTournous
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5. To tech or not to tech…
© Stéphan. Used under Fair Use Doctrine: Teaching
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6. To tech or not to tech…
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7. Navigation
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8. Navigation
• Mirror/Sighting
Compass
• Liquid Filled
• Declination Lines
• Lid protects compass
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9. GPS Receiver
• Track
waypoints
• Record Trails
• Record Altitude
• Locate
coordinates
• and more
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10. MotionX GPS
$1.99 • Track
waypoints
• Record Trails
• Record Altitude
• Locate
coordinates
• and more
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11. MotionX GPS
$1.99
• Track
waypoints
• Record Trails
• Record Altitude
• Locate
coordinates
• and more
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12. Trail Maps
• Lots of apps that
use MyTopo for
topographic
maps
• Use specific trail
maps
• Maplets has
many; also
available as
PDFs—read on
GoodReader
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13. Trail Maps
• Make sure to
store them
locally
• Print out a
backup and
keep it in a
Ziploc bag
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14. Star Gazing
Star Walk
$2.99/4.99
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15. Reference
• Knot Tying
• First Aid
• Survival
• Bird Watching
• Store notes,
recipes,
manuals, etc. as
PDFs to read in
iBooks or
GoodReader
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16. Geocaching
• ‘High Tech
Treasure Hunt’
• Caches or
“Finds” are
placed by
members and
registered at
geocaching.com
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17. Geocaching
• iPhone app
• Finds caches
near you
• Provides
Keep your eye out for
descriptions and
open source
‘opencaching’—a free,
alternative to geocac
hing. hints
• Uses GPS to
guide you to
cache
$9.99
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18. Communicating
• You’ll probably be more
connected than you expect
• Photo sharing services
• Upload to Picassa
• Set special email address before
you leave
• Subject line becomes photo title
• Body text becomes caption
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19. Photo Stream
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20. iMovie
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21. Live broadcasting
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22. Journals
• Don’t go digital
• Handwritten notes
• Stuff with photos,
leaves, trail maps,
park passes, etc.
• Keeps for years
without worrying
about format
changes, media life
or magnets
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23. SPOT Connect
$170+$99/year
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24. Emergency Beacon
99¢
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25. Emergency Beacon
99¢
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26. Emergency Beacon
99¢
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27. Protecting your gear
• Two-layer protection:
hard shell to protect
against impact;
rubberized or silicone
to absorb shock
• Plugs to protect
headphone/dock ports
• Screen protector
$79 • Waterproof cases let
$49 you use your iPhone as
an underwater camera
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28. Protecting Your Gear
• Coghlan’s
Waterproof
pouches
• Ziploc freezer
bags
• Waterproof
bags and
pouches
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29. Using your gear outdoors
• Capacitive gloves
• Metallic (or other
conductive
material) thread
• Completes the
circuit between
your skin and the
screen
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30. Solar Cases
• Small solar panel
• Doesn’t charge in
your pocket
• Doesn’t provide
protection of
dedicated cases
• Only charges iPhone
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31. External Batteries
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32. Solar Panels
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33. Minimize Power Use
• Turn off WiFi and Bluetooth
• Turn screen brightness down
• Turn off push email and notifications
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34. Water Purification
• Boiling
• Chemical
Treatment
• Filtration
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35. Water Purification
• Magic
• Ultraviolet Light
• SteriPEN
• Kills 99.9% of
bacteria and
other pathogens
• Fast: 48 seconds
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36. Entertainment
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37. High tech fire
+ =
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38. High tech fire
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39. High tech coffee?
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40. Questions?
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41. Closing Notes
• Please fill out an evaluation
• Follow me on Twitter:
@ChuckLaTournous
• Slides will be available at:
www.RandomMaccess.com/presos
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42. Thanks to…
• SteriPEN (steripen.com)
• Spot Connect (findmespot.com)
• Goal Zero (goalzero.com)
• Trident Cases (tridentcase.com)
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43. Thanks, Steve
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