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> … part of the experience is being completely disconnected and knowing you're on your own if anything goes wrong. Frankly, that’s silly. In the very unlikely
by catiopatio 4y ago
> … part of the experience is being completely disconnected and knowing you're on your own if anything goes wrong.
Frankly, that’s silly.
In the very unlikely event that something goes seriously wrong, having a satellite-based emergency beacon is easily the difference between life and death or serious life-long injury.
I’ve spent plenty of time in the backcountry where cell service is not just spotty, but nonexistent. Now that beacons are cheap and widely available, I always take one.
Being self-sufficient and disconnected are good, healthy experiences — having an emergency communication mechanism for emergencies that you cannot handle yourself doesn’t detract from that.
- thwayunion 4y agoIt's much more than that. If you are leaving your sat device at home to "up the stakes", you need to let SAR know that this is the game you are playing. You need to make sure they know you do not want or expect a rescue under any circumstances and you need to make sure that the absolute safety of all other parties, including the SAR team themselves, will take priority over a search on your behalf. And if their response is "that is stupid, take your sat device" then do so.