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People lose track of the AT and die fairly routinely. Here's one from last year: https://www.macon.com/news/state/georgia/article240395571.html https://www.maco
by sbierwagen 6y ago
People lose track of the AT and die fairly routinely. Here's one from last year: https://www.macon.com/news/state/georgia/article240395571.html https://www.macon.com/news/state/georgia/article240395571.ht...
Hiking a marked trail isn't as risky as summiting Everest, but it's not like walking through Ikea either. PLBs are a touch pricy, but I'd at least carry a FRS radio.
- Johnny555 6y agoI'd at least carry a FRS radio. Is FRS really useful for calling for help in the woods? You'd be lucky to get 1/2 mile of range, and you have to have someone nearby listening on your channel without privacy codes enabled. Do people even use FRS when hiking? A whistle might have less range, but everyone within earshot will hear it. A ham radio with a repeater list would likely be more useful than FRS... Or maybe GMRS, but those repeaters are less common.
- sbierwagen 6y agoA ham radio requires a ham license to use.
- Johnny555 6y agoWhich is trivially easy to get.