In a fell race.

I just saw the requirement of carrying a mobile in the Edale Skyline race next March but I just can't imagine my O2 mobile being of any use what so ever though. I get one bar if I stand on one foot, on top of a stool in the kitchen at home, pretty much no signal anywhere else in the Dales, none in the Lakes, none in Snowdonia (the local shop in Bedgellart last time I was there was hiring orange mobiles to tourists ) and I don't hold up any hope for a signal in the Peak District.

So what possible use will my mobile have? Here's a few ideas:

1. The extra weight in my bum bag will make me exert more energy, thereby keeping me warmer by 0.00017895012 of a degree.

2. Should I break my leg on one of the tops, I can play Backgammon II to while away the time while waiting for mountain rescue

3. Or even use the mobile as a bit to bite on, while a kindly passer by resets the bone for me.

4. Pretend I'm on the phone when one of the marshalls trys to kit check me at the start having forgotten my wooly hat.


Or what else?