The middle of the ocean is about the only place you can go if you really want to screw up royally, be totally helpless, and have no one come to your aid (and ev

The middle of the ocean is about the only place you can go if you really want to screw up royally, be totally helpless, and have no one come to your aid (and even there any passing ship is going to try to help you). If you are on land, it pretty much doesn't matter where you are, there is someone who will be pilloried by the media if they fail to come to your aid when you are in a crisis. That's mostly a good thing, but it does mean you are asking someone else to risk their life, whether they want to or not, each time you decide to risk your own.