Personal Locator Beacon Increase Risk?
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:34:01 -0700, nate_fl wrote:
I think the appropriate response to this sort of thing is a hefty rescue
bill. A few examples might cause a rethink among the "Let's surrender,
I'm hungry" crowd.
This always seems to happen with new technology. A couple of past
examples:
- when cell-phones were new, idiot walkers on the UK's Lake District
were calling the guide book author if they thought they were lost.
- when GPS was new, people were walking into mountains without maps or
spare batteries and getting lost when the GPS battery failed
--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |
|