Hello! I am incredibly un-techie, so apologies if this is a ridiculous question. I have an iPhone 5s that I am planning to bring on a PCT thru-hike next summer, and also on a couple shorter trips this summer. Disclaimer – since someone always chimes in to leave the phone at home – I'm bringing the phone because it's practical to have in towns, and I have a son at home who I want to be somewhat accessible to, and having a phone on me seems like the best way even if I don't get reception much of the time. I have Halfmile maps, app and the water report on my phone and a couple of 1st aid books stored on it, but I also carry paper maps and I pretty much plan on keeping the phone off most of the time – I don't blog, take pictures, facebook, anything like that. So my usage is minimal. I thought about not bringing along an extra charging device, and just seeing how long I could stretch the charge. But I recently bought an Anker Astro Mini – I figure it's light and I can use it if I need to top off the charge on my phone on longer stretches between towns. Is there any way to avoid taking two different charging cables? Also, along a similar line, is there any alternative to the 1.5 oz charging cable that comes standard with the iPhones? Like a shorter cord? It has that heavy brick on the end….any way around that?
Thanks!
