On Wednesday 26 May 2004 13:41, perdurabo wrote: > It's funny that you mention this, because this was mentioned > last week during the Rainier rescue (RIP). Search and rescue > folks were slamming cell phones because it gave people a false > sense of security.
Yup. Same thing on Mount Hood. People go up there who never learned how to read a map or use a compass, and then have to call for help on their cell phone because the batteries in their GPS died. Idiots. The SAR people are getting a little tired of it. > I'm not sure why I carry my cellphone. Usually it's to let > people know I'm ok, or I'll be running past my "must return by" > time. Yeah, for what you're doing that probably makes sense, especially on some of the more dangerous peaks. I remember a climber dying on Jefferson back in 1990 while I was camped at Jorn lake. Took his partner a LONG time to hike out to a place where there was a phone. Ken _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
