The local PBS channel a few years ago followed these people who hiked the entire Appalachian Trail. This story made me think of congressman Steve Largent who was on an outdoor hiking trip of some kind when 9/11 happened and his staff had no way to contact him since he didn’t have a cell phone with him.
Jon Voight’s character in Deliverence while feeling a bit of alcohol by the campfire slurred that no matter what problems happens in the rest of the world or what great emergency may arise “it won’t find us up here”.
/johnny