RECCO is better than nothing, but it has very minimal value for saving anyone, it's helpful used for body recovery (as mentioned in the article, recco is just a

RECCO is better than nothing, but it has very minimal value for saving anyone, it's helpful used for body recovery (as mentioned in the article, recco is just a pasisive reflector antenna) - it requires active scanning from SAR team, which takes time and is prone to environment conditions. I thought that having gps sat locator (like inReach etc) was already obligatory in Himalaya, but maybe it's just a good practice, and not mandatory.