Do you have all your gear to head into nature? What about your smartphone?

Technology helps people access wilderness, but it can also get in the way.

We're hitting the Pacific Crest Trail with hikers and a Search and Rescue team who have mixed feelings about technology in wilderness, and we meet a recreator who wouldn't be able to be here without it.

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