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GPS Guides Blind Man on Appalachian Trail
March 8, 2010The Scripps Howard news service is reporting that a blind Minnesota man is hiking the 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail using a GPS-equipped cell phone. According to Mike Hanson, 44, of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, his GPS-equipped cell phone "gives me everything I would need to know about the trail but the view." He left Georgia last week to trek iall the way to Maine, a trip expected to take seven months.
Scripps Howard reports that Hanson programmed his GPS software with points for roads, water sources, campsites, shelters, resupply points, and landmarks. Pressing a button prompts a voice from the phone to tell him where he is, which direction he is heading, and how far to go to the next trip marker.
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