By this logic you can justify almost any risk. The question is why bother taking totally unnecessary risks with children? There are plenty of ways to take chil

By this logic you can justify almost any risk. The question is why bother taking totally unnecessary risks with children? There are plenty of ways to take children into the outdoors without going places that are remote enough to not have other people relatively nearby and not have cell service. A baby is not learning anything about handling pressure, regardless of what happens. They're entirely passive. And there's nothing wrong with turning off your phone while you're hiking (or using airplane mode), because you can always turn it back on, so the "text messages" excuse is pretty ridiculous.