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Worse places in the world for a surprise hike

There are, we suppose, worse places in the world in which to enjoy a surprise hike.

For example, try Interstate 87 -- the main highway between New York City and Montreal. Cell phone reception on I87 in the Adirondack Park region has always been notoriously unreliable -- so much so that emergency phones are still maintained at two mile intervals along one lengthy, thinly populated, stretch North of Albany. Winter temperatures in that area regularly fall to 0 degrees Fahrenheit (-18C). Sometimes lower. Occasionally, much lower.